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to make. The book is not beyond criticism, yet the greatest care has 
been exercised, not alone in the ])re|iaration of the biouraphical dat:i, but 
in its arrangement and to give concisely such information regarding the 
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tlie greatest use for reference and historical purposes. Necessarily, the 
compilation of a work of this class entails inu(di labor, and the publishers 
estimate their greatest jirofit in the satisfaction of knowing that their 
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Nebraska Legislature has met with apjireciation by the state officers and 
members. They extend their hearty thanks to all who have kindly and 
generouslv assisted toward the making of this book a success, if not finan- 
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(iovERXOR .lonx Tiopwoon :\ii('kky. 

John Hopwood Mickey is a native of the Hawkeye state, honi six miles 
west of Burlington, Iowa, Septeniljer 30, 1845. His father, Oliver Perry 
Mickey, was a pioneer in Iowa, locating there in 18;)(). His niothei' in 
jiuxidenhood was Betsy Ann Davison, of English extraction. In 1847, two 
years after the hirtli of Governor Mickey, the family removed to Louisa 
county, Iowa, and there in the common schools of tlie day, the governor 
to be received his early education, well directed by careful parents who 
zealously guarded the moral environments of their growing children. In 
1863 Governor Mickey enlisted as a private in Company I), 8th Iowa cav- 
alry, and until the close of the war, with his regiment was in service in 
eastern Tennessee and with Sherman in his campaign until the surrender 
of Atlanta, and with Hood and Thomas in their Tennessee campaign. He 
was honorably mustered out of service in August, 1865. He returned to 
his Iowa home and for tw^o years was a student at Wesleyan college at 
Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Upon leaving college, he engnged in school teach- 
ing and during the vacation periods he devoted himself to farming. On 
September 10, 186V, he was married to Miss Morinda McGray of Des 
Moines county, Iowa. One year after with his worldly wealth, the mater- 
ial part of which he loaded into a prairie schooner, he set out for Polk 
county, Nebraska, and on the :'>rd of September, 1868, he had reached the 
banks of the Blue river and there tiled upon a homestead. At that time 
there was only one family living in Polk county, though quite a number of 
claims had been taken up by homesteaders. (4overm)r Mickey remained 
upon his homestead until November, 1872, when he removed to Osceola, 
tlien a town consisting of a court-house ami a small store. 

The town could not, at that time, boast of a tirst settler as there was 
not a single residence in the town and thei-e was much interest attached to 
who should be the tirst settler. 'Slv. Mickey, with his wife, their baby, 
and a two-horse team and lumber wagon laden with household effects, 



starled i'or tlic town and at tlic same 1 iiiic anollicr [lionccr, \V. F. Ivinnncl, 
startcil n\vr the same mad I'ni- ()scc(da. It was a race lictwccn tlic two 
parties as to wlii(di would rracli the place tii'st. 'I'lieii' lioi'scs I'aii iie(d< liv 
iiecdv the last two miles of tli<' road hut as tlicv ncai'ed the town, Mr. Kini- 
intd lia\iiiL;' the liu'liter load, and perhaps the best team of horses, left 
(Toveiaioi' .Mi(d<cv a little in the rcai- and thus was the (iovernor robhed of 
the honor (d' Ix'coming Osceola's tirst settlei-. This race was (Tovernor 
Mickey's first and last horse race. 

Ill ISTH, two years Itefore the location of the county seat at ()sceola, 
Polk county was orijaiiized and (xovernor Mi(d<ev was (dected the first 
county treasurer, an office he htdd for nearly ten years. In Noyemher, 
188U, lie was (dected a niemher of the Lei^islat ure and <lnriiiu' the term in 
whi<di he sei-ve(l he was one of the leaders in the house. He was at-tiye in 
Ijehalf of and !j,aye his ardent su])port to the Slocumh bill for the regula- 
tion of the sale of litjtiors. 

In .May. isT'.t, the ()sccola Hank, witli a capital stock of ^.'),UUU was 
opened by Mr. Mi(d<ey. 'i'his l)aiik, throiiuh the careful mana<i;eim'iit of 
Mr. Mickey, has been one (d' the successful institutions of its kind in the 
state, and in I'.H):', had a paid up capital of ■s:^7,;")U(). Kver since its organ- 
ization Mr. Micdvcv has been its president. During" the financial stringen- 
cy of is'.ci, when tinaiudal institutions througdiout the country were 
threatened with disaster. .Mr. Mi(d<ey's l)aiik surviye(l the storm and was 
the means of assisting niaiiv of the business houses and farmers ol' l'<dk 
county in maintaining siudi credit as en!il)led them to siiryiye during the 
dej)ressed times. 

(Toyeriior Mickey from his eai'ly manhood has been a ]\epublicaii of tlu' 
unswerving kind, though his father was a Stephen A. Douglas Democrat. 
(Tovernor 1\I icdscv's lirst vote was cast for Lincoln in IS(U, wlieii he was 
only ninetc(>n years of age. the State of Iowa having passed a sjxndal act 
eiial)liiig all soldiers to vote irrespective of age. In justice to ]\Ir. .AIi(d<ey 
it may be said that his ambitions for political honors have never been 
over zealous, but his ambitions to serve the people, his state and his coun- 
try to the utmost (d' his power have always lieeii prominent. To thiscoii- 
s(dentious sense <d' duty is due his ascendency to the gubernatorial (diair. 
I lis S(dect ion I'oi- the nomination (d' (Governor came to him without any 
personal (dfort of his own other than his abeyance to the desires of tlu' 
Kepul)licaii party of the slate, voiced through the incndters of the conven- 
tion which nominated him. The conduct of his (■ampaign in Xcdn-aska 

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was l)ey()n(l ci-ilicism. Tlic Hulit made in his hchalf was a clean ti<;lit and 
liis eltH'tion was a victoi-y, not alone U>v his |>arty, hut for all citizens of 
the state who advocate careful administration of i>ul)lic affairs and iin- 
traninieled and unbiased exercise of t'xecutive ])rerogat ives. 

Governor xMickey is a nieniher of tlie .Aletlnxlist church at Osceola, has 
l)een a trustee of his church for many years and su|ierintendent of the 
Sunday school. In the support of his church and in matters of charity he 
has always been unostentatiously liberal. 

The church at Osceola was erected at a cost of *1-",,0U0, toward which 
amount (Governor Mickey donated *:),U0(). Within the last dozen years 
he has contributed more than -t^lUooo to the Wesleyan University at Lin- 
coln, and there is hardly a state enterprise of his church in Nebraska 
toward which he has not i-iven liberally, includinu- a subscription of ^-"lOO 
to assist in the erection of the Methodist hospital at Omaha. While he is 
a staunch sui)iiorter of his own church, he is liberal in assisting other 
denoniiiKitions and is In'oad-minded in his i-eliyious views. For some 
years he has been the president of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska 
Wesleyan ITniversity at University Place neai- Lincoln. 

Governor Mickev has been twice married. His first wife died Decem- 
ber 28, 1SS(), leaving him five chihhHMi. On Dec. s, 1 SS7, he was married 
to Flora C. Campbell, of Norden, Nebraska, who is the mother of four of 
his children, his family consistinu- of nine, all of whom are living-— five 
boys and four girls. The eldest son is Oliver E. Mickey, thirty-three 
yearsof age, and isthecishier of his father's bank. Harlan A., age thirty- 
one, of Keya Paha county, and Kvan S., age twenty-nine, wdio is his fath- 
er's chief clerk. The eldest daughter, Bertha K., is the wife <if H. O. 
Smith, of the Burlington ticket ofHce at Lincoln. Mary N., the second 
daughter, is a student at the Wesleyan University at Lincoln. Benjamin 
IL, age fourteen; James 11., age tw(dve, and the two youngest d;iughters. 
Flora Elizabeth, age eight, and Norma Adeline, age three, complete the 
family list of the (4overnor\s househohl. 

Governor Mickey was inaugurated .lanuai-y C. I'.Mi:;. and is. with his 
family, making his home at the state executivi- mansion. 

KDMiXD (i. Mc<;ii;roN. 

Edmund (ieorge .AL'(4ilton. Lieutenant (Governor of Nebraska, has the 
distinction of being one of the large men among the state othcei-s, not 
alone with his six foot four of height, but as well in his broadness ot view 

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and his al)ility and cai-acity t'«>r work. He was horn at EauGalla, 
AViseoiisiii, February 10, IS.")!). Ills father, John Mc(Tilton, was born at 
:Moores, Clinton county, New York, and spent his boyhood days in 
Canada. In ls.-)4 lie removed from Canada east to northern Wisconsin, 
wliere he was one of the pioneers and where he conunenced in the lumber 
trade, operatint>- a number of saw mills. The mother of Lieutenant Gov- 
ernor Me(4ilton, in maidenhood, was Gracia Eleanor Burke. Both 
])arents were of sturdy stock and of strong character. On his maternal side 
Governor McCxilton descends from one of the oldest families in America, 
founded by Kichard l>urke of Sudbury, Massachusetts, who was born 
al)out KUO, and died at Sudbury about 109:^. His oldest son was also 
named Kichard and his son Jonathan was born at Stow, Massachusetts, in 
January, 17U1. and died at Windsor, Vermont, May 18, 1875. Jonathan 
married Thankful Wait, May 10, 1731, and ten children were born of this 
union, Jesse Burke being the fourth child. He was l)orn at Brookiield, 
Massachusetts, April 8, 1V:}8, and was one of the pioneer settlers at Win- 
chester, Vermont. He raised the first military organization in that 
vicinity of which there is any record, and of which he became captain. 
This was prior to the commencement of the Revolution. Captain Burke 
was a close friend of Ethan Allen and his house tiie quarters of the latter. 
Captain Burke served with distinction in the Revolution, and died Janu- 
arv -20, 1811, aged seventy-three years. His remains were interred in the 
old o-rave-yard at Winchester. The youngest son of Captain Burke was 
P^ligah Burke, born at Westminister, Vermont, March :5, 1774, and died 
March •_'!, 184:;. He was a farmer, and was among the first to introduce 
the raising of Merino sheep in Vermont. He married (4race Jeifers in 
September, 170."). One of his sons was Edmund liurke, born January '2:5, 
180'.i, who l)ecanie prominent as a lawyer and editor and served three 
terms in the United States Congress, and under President l*olk was Com- 
missioner of Patents for four years. Another son of Eligah Burke was 
M'hales, born in Westminister, Vermont, January ;31, 1811, married Mar- 
garet Cascaden, October :50, 18:U, and became a pioneer settler in Eau 
(ialla, Dunn county, Wisconsin. The first daughter born of this union 
was (Jracia Kleanoi-, the mother of Tiieutenant CJovernor Mc(4ilton, wli 
was the second born of a family of ft)ur children. 

Edmund (i. Mc(Tilton i-eceived a thorough education in public and pri- 
vate schools, entered the I'niversity of Wisconsin at Madison, and in 
1883, was graduated in the litei-arv and classical courses. He then 



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entered tlie law school of the same university and was graduated therefrom 
in 1885. Immediately after his graduation and adnxission to the bar he 
engaged with the receiver of the Northwestern Car Co., at Stillwater, 
Minnesota, and was employed in the collection and security department, 
where he remained until January, 1888, when he removed to Omaha, 
Nebraska, and there, with a classmate, II. P. Stoddai-d, opened up an 
office and commenced actively in the practice of law. ^Vt the end of two 
years this partnersliij) was dissolved and Mr. McGilton was alone in prac- 
tice until 1892, when he formed a co-partnership with Cavanaugh and 
Thomas under the firm name of Cavanaugh, Thomas & Mc(Tilton. This 
|)artnership was dissolved in 1894, Mr. McGilton withdrawing, and a year 
later, he joined the firm of McCabe & Elmer, and until 188V tlie firm 
was known as McCabe, McGilton & Elmer. The latter year Mr. 
McGilton purchased the interests of his partners and since then has been 
attending to iiis practice alone. Mr. McGilton has been more than ordi- 
narily successful as a lawyer, and is one of the tax-payers in Omaha, 
where he owns a pleasant home. For some years he has been a member 
of the Omaha Commercial Club, and for one year was a member of the 
Executive Committee of the same. lie is a Mason, a Knight Temi)lar 
and Shriller, and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks. He inherited his Kepublicanism from his father and has always 
been an ardent supporter of his party's j^rinciples. He has never been an 
office-seeker. The only office he ever held, and one which was not a sine- 
cure was superintendent of schools at Menominie, Wisconsin, which posi- 
tion he occupied for one year, with twenty-two teachers under his control. 
This was ])rior to his graduation from the I'^niversity of Wisconsin. 
He lias never held a state or county office until he was elected Lieutenant 
Governor of the State of Nel>raska. 

Ijieutenant (Tovernor Mc(Tilton was married in .Vpril, 1889, to Lina 
A. Williams, and has but one child, a daughter. 

(;k()K(;k w. maksii. 

George W. Marsh, now serving his second term as Secretary of State, 
was born January 14, 18.")2, in Saline county, Missouri, his parents being 
among what is provinciallv known as Pennsylvania Dutch, with Scotch 
blood on his jiaternal side. Wlieii lie was seven years of age his |)arents 
located on a farm near Falls City. 15otli parents are dead. His father 
and two brothers served as soldiers in the Civil War. Mr. Marsh received 

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his early education in the pioneer st'liools of Nel)raska, whieh he attended 
diirini^: the winter niontlis, spending his summers at woi'k on the liome 
farm. After leaving" tlu' puUlie schools, he took a two years'" course in 
the State Normal Scliool at Peru, where he ecjuipped himsidf for teaching- 
school, wliicli was his vcxMtion alternated with farming until 1884. The 
latter year he disposed of his farm, became a resident ot Shuhert and there 
engaged in the drug husiness. In 1881) he was elected county clerk on 
the Republican ticket and two yeai-s later was re-elected l)y an increased 
majority. At the end of his second term as county clerk he was e'ected 
county treasurer and was re-elected to the office, serving two full terms. 
After leaving tlie county treasurer's office he engaged in the mercantile 
l)usiness which, in a few years, he disposed of and l)ecanu' })art owner and 
editor of the Falls City .lournal. 

Mr. Marsh, from his early numhood, has been an active worker in the 
political field and has served as chairman of the County Central com- 
mittee of Richardson t-onnty and also as Congressional Committeeman for 
his county. His second nomination for Secretary of State was unani- 
mous and his election was by an increased majority. 

In 1877 Mr. Marsh was married to Miss Anna I\. Stephens, and has 
four children, Nellie M., aged sixteen, AV^ayne, aged twelve, Benton, aged 
ten, and Master Arthur, aged five years. Since I'JOO lie has been, with 
his family, a resident of the City of Lincoln. 

('iiAi:i,i;s wKsiox. 

Charles Wcstoii. Auditor of tlie State of Nel)i-aska, is a native of the 
Citv of New ^'ork. wliere lie was born .luly 4, 18.")4. When he was one 
year old his pai-euls i-enn>ved to Ciianipaign couiit\, Illinois, where his 
youth was spent on a farm and in attendance at the public schools. His 
elementary eclucatioii was received in tiie schools of Champaign and 
Chicago. In ls7-.^ he enlcred the I'liiversity of Hlinois and was graduated 
from that institution in 187(). In 1880 Mr. Weston was admitted to the 
bai' 1)\ the I llimds Siipi-cme Court, and for some years pi'acticed law in 
(.diicago. In 18st Mr. Weston Itecame a residentof \\ashingt-on Territory, 
and there, tor a while, was t he eilitor id' the Lewis County IJee, In 188(i 
he settled in Nebraska and, for some years, lias nmde his home at Hay 
Springs, in Sheridan count \. where he is engaged extensively in stock- 
raising. He has also l)een interested in the mercantile and banking 
l>usineKS. In 18'.*;; he was elected ;i Kegent of tlu' rniveisity of Nt-braska, 

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a position wliicli lie tillol witii iii^li satisfaction to tlie ]km>ii1c and tin' 
people of tlu' state. Mr. \Vest()ii has \)vvn an at'tive iactoi- in Kepubliean 
politics in Nebraska and in a local way, has been prominent on the School 
and ^"illag•e Board at llay Sprinus. Ilis re-election to the office of Auditor 
was by ;i laryely increased majority, which bears evidence to the satisfac- 
tion lie has given as a public servant of the people of the state. 

Mr. Weston's family consists of a wife and one daughter fonrteen years 
of age, whose education is being carefully loid<ed after l)y hei- fatlier. 

p K'r K R ^r ( ) K'r i<: n s i-: n . 

Peter MortiMisen, Treasurer of the State of Nebraska, is a native of 
Denmark, was ))orn October IS. 1844. lie came to Amei'ica in isVOand 
to Nebraska in IST^, locating in Valley county, where he commenced 
farming. In 187.") he was elected county treasnrer of A'alley county and 
served until 1884, filling the office nine consecutive years. After retiring 
from the treasurer's office he commenced in the banking business at Ord. 
In 188-") upon the organization of the First National IJank he became its 
assistant casliier, which position he retaiiie(l until 1888 when he became 
its president and continues in this office. From 1888 until It»01 he was 
one of the lieavy stockh')lders in the Woodberi-y Milling C^). of Ord. He 
is an extensivi' real estate owner and devotes much of his ;ittention to 
agriculture and stock-i'aising. 

In tlu' election of r.M_)-_', in his own county he ran ahead of his ticket 4U8 
votes, while the nominal majority is about IKi. Mr. Mortensen has 
always been a Kepubliean and an at-tivi' workei- for his ])arty's good. He 
has never been an office-seeker and this is iiis tii-st election to any impor- 
tant public office. Mr. Mortensen was married in 1878 to Jennie 
Williams of Lee county, Hlinois, and is th<' father of one son. 

WILLIAM K. I'OW LKK. 

William K Fowler, SuperintemhMit of Pul)Iic Instruction, is of stui'dy 
Scotch peasantry ancestry, l)oth his pai'cnts Ix'ing natives of Scotland, and 
emigrants to tiiis country about 18.")U. Superintendent Fowler was born in 
New Jersey, in 18t>4. His early education he received in the public ami 
grammar schools of New York City, and graduated in I87tt with the high, 
est honors of his class and entered the College of the City of New York, 
standing si.vth in rank out of about twelve huiuli-ed ajiplicants. In this 

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college he stu(lie(l for one yeai-. then entered the enii»loy of ;v commercial 
tiriu in New ^'ork City, with which he continued until ISSo, when he 
located in Nel)rask;i, joining his hrothers, who were farmers in Dodge 
county, near Xorlh Bend. In the fall after his arrival, he hegan teaching 
a district school in the southwestern ])art of Dodge county, and for two 
years school teaching was his occupation in Dodge county. He then 
entered Monmouth College, Illinois, where he spent one year in study. In 
the s|)ring of 1886, Mr. Fowler was elected principal of schools at 
Scribner, Nebraska, where he taught until December, 1887, when a severe 
epidemic of diphtheria necessitated the closing of the schools for an 
indefinite period, w^iich allowed Mr. Fowler to visit Scotland and 
England during the year 1888. \VIiiIe on this visit he took a special 
course in the University of Edinburgh, lie returned to Nebraska in the 
spring of 1889 and became the publisher and editor of the Scribner News 
and later of the North Bend Argus. In August, 1800, he was unanimously 
called by the Scribner Board of Education to again assume the principal- 
ship of the Scribner schools, a position which he held for three consecutive 
years, giving such administration of school affairs as permanently fixed his 
standing among the leading educators of the State of Nebraska. In the 
summer of 1893, with many competitors in the field, lie was unanimously 
chosen Supei'intendeiit of the Blair city schools and, after two years of 
service, the Board of Education of the City of Blair expressed their high 
satisfaction with his work by re-electing him for a period of three years 
and increasing his salary $100 per year. Again in 1898, he was re-elected 
for another three-year term, but his i-eputation as an educator became 
known so well outside the limits of Dodge and Washington counties that 
wluMi the Ivcpublican state convention met in 1900, he was selected for the 
nomination of State Superintendent of Public Instruction and elected to 
the office by a plurality of about 4,000 votes. Two years in this office 
resulted in such an im]»rovement in the conditions of the school system in 
Nebraska that he was the unanimous choi(H' of his party''s convention in 
1902, and at the ensuing election In- was returned to office by the handsome 
plurality of 1(j,27l' votes, which is evidence of the high estimation in 
which he is held by the people of Nebi'aska and is an expression of their 
hearty approval and appreciation of the adinii-able work he has accom- 
plished along educational lines and in elevating the standing of the 
public schools of Nebraska. 

Superintendent Fowler for two years has served as president of the High 
School section ol the Nebraska State Teacher's Association. For two 

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years lie was clerk of the Educational Council of which he is slill a mem- 
ber, and for three years was a memher of the Kxeculivc Committee of the 
State Teachei-s'' jVssociation. Since isitii he has l»een an active memher of 
the National Educational Association and is also a memher of the National 
Department of School Superintendents. In all matters pertaining to 
education he is a diligent student and is ever active in every enterprise 
designed for the betterment and advancement of educational aflPairs. 

Mr. Eowler was married in 1889 to Miss Adda Parker, of Scribner, and 
they number in their family four bright childi-en, two boys and two gii'ls, 
Marie, Kirk, Fraid< and I'Morence. 

KRANK X. PKOUT. 

Frank N. Front, Attorney (Tcneral, is a native of New Jersey, where he 
was born in 185-2. Wiicn he was three years of age liis parents removed 
to Stark county, Illinois. There his |)reliminary education was received in 
the public schools. At an early age he commeiu-ed tlu' study of law in the 
office of ,Iudge Wright at Toulon, and when lie was twenty-three years old 
was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Illinois. For six years 
he followed his profession in Illinois, and in 1881, came to Nebraska and 
located at Blue Sj^rings, where he remained seven years, during which time 
he was city attorney. In 1889 he became a resident of Beatrice. In 1897 
he was appointed city attorney of Beatrice l)y Mayor Bourne and held 
this ])osition for tw(t years with the utmost satisfaction to citizens of the 
city- 111 1898 he was elected to the State Senate from the Twenty-first 
District and during the LMith Session, was chairman of the Committee on 
Revenue and Reform Schools and otliei- Asylums. He was also a member 
and chairman of the Cornell Jnyestigating committee. His nomination 
for Attorney Ceneral in I'.tU-j was unanimous and lie was returned to office 
by an increased majority of nn)i-e than 10,()()U votes. Attorney (Tcneral 
Prout enjoys the respect of the legal fraternity of the state of which he 
has been a member for so many years and mjted for his integrity, high char- 
acter and ability. He has always been loyal to the Kepnblican ])arty and 
an earnest and tireless worker for his }»arty's good. ^\s a [»ractitioner 
General Prout is al)le, loyal and vigilant. As a lawyer he is an (»i-iginal 
thinker and investigator. When attorney foi' the City of Blue Springs, 
the Omaha & Republican \'alley Railway company i-efused to build a sta- 
tion and to stop trains at that place, ex.cei)t upon terms with which the 
city could not comjily. Mr. Prout ajiplied to the Supreme Court for a 

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writ of iiiaiKlniiiiis tn coiiiik'I tlic railroad (•(Uiijiaiiv to build a station and 
furnisli other railroad facilities for the people of Blue Springs, and this 
relief, for the first time, was granted after a hard-fought legal battle. 
Tiiis celebrated case is reported in volume IS of the Supreme ('ourt rejiorts, 
on page 'il'I. 

Mis biennial report is one of the models of its kind — it Ix-ing a com- 
plete digest, indexed, of every case, both civil and criminal, that came 
before his otHce, and is the tirstof its kind ever published. (Tcneral I'rout 
is married, and has one daughter. 



i;ki>k<;k d. follmki;. 

George I). Follmer, ( 'ommissioner of Public Lands and liuildings, now 
serving his second term, was boi-n in ]\Ioiiour county, Pennsylvania, July 
17, 1844. When thirteen yeai's of age his environments necessitated that 
he leave the ))ublic school and start out on life's battle. lie began his 
career as a (derk in a general store at Danville, Pennsylvania, where lie 
remained I'or five years. Then he removed to Ilazelton, Pennsylvania, 
and for two years was a (derk for Kiigel i^- ^Icdiale, projn-it'tors of a gener- 
al mer(diandise stoi'e. In 1 S(i4 he became a (derk in the wholesale store of 
John (iolshall i\: Co., at Oil City, Pennsylvania, and i-emained there until 
lcS()7, when, in company with I). W. Montgomery, he engaged in the gen- 
eral mer(dian(lise l>usiness at Red Oak, Iowa. In the summer of IHTU, he 
sold out his interests and in .lanuary, ISTI, renu)ved to Nel)raska and 
located on a homestead in Nuckolls county, tiling u])on his (daim in 
February of that year. Subse(juently, he bought a tract of land in the 
Little Blue rivei- valley in the same count v. which is still his 
home?. Ml', l^'olliiier, in |)rivate life, is a taiMuer and sto(d<-grower 
and has Iteen considerably int crestecl in the real estate business. In 18V1, 
upon the orgaiii/at ion (A' Nu(d<olls county, he was ajipointed county 
treasurer and )»y re-(dection to the ofHce, serxcd until .lanuary s, IsTll. 
This was the only otlice of any important (diaracter he ever h(dd, until 
IIXJO, when he was (dect-e(| ('ommissioner of Public Lands and Buildings. 
His mtmination in i'.io-j! was unanimous and his (dection was by an 
increased majority over the vote of I'.Mio. 

Mr. l^'ollmer was married in I,s74, to Miss Kva M. Smith, of (ii-ant, 
Iowa. 'i'hey ha\c a family consisting of four sons and three daughters, 
all of whom have Iteeii alforded every educational advantage. Since his 
first term as a state oHicer, Mr. Follmer and family have l)eeii makiiio- 
their home in Lincoln. 

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('. 11. Ill i;ii;i('ii. 



CliarU'S llciiry I )irtri»-li, Uiiiud Slates Senator Innii Nebraska, is ol 
(German pairiitawc. l.oni in Aurora, IlliiK.is. November •_'(;, iy:.M. He 
receiviMl tlie rudiments of education in the publie s<diools. At the a-c ot 
twelve years he beeanie a farm hvborer, and wlien Hfteen years of a,-e went 
to St. Joseph, Missouri, and engaged as a <derk in a whoU'saU- hardware 
store. He saved s,.me money, and intended opening- ;, hardware store m 
Arkansas, but was robbed of liis funds, and for a few Vi-ars wasemidoye.l as 
the mana-er ofabimber cam].. In isTChe went to Deadwo.,.!, S..uth Dako- 
ta, and opened a o-.Mieral st..re. and eii-a-ed in minin,-. bein- suecessf ul m 
both enterprises, in a few years seilin- iiis minin- interests for a hirge 
sum. In 1^78 he settled at Hastings, Nebraska, ami eiigaoed in the mer- 
cantile business, in 1SS7 he ..rgaiii/.ed the (ierman National l'.ank at 
Hastings, of whi.di he is president. He was elected ( b.vernor of Nebraska 
in iUUu" ami on March -IS, IWU was elected to the Tnited States senateto 
Hll out the unexpired term of Senator Hayward. deceased. He resigned 
the governorshii. May 1, lUUl, and to..k his seal in the Tnited States Sen- 
ate December 'J, 1901. His term will expire .March :'., H><).-,. Senator 
I)ietri(di is a widower and has a gi'own daughter. 



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.). II. MIlJ.AUli. 



.I()S('])li ll(i|pkiiis Millaril, U. S. Senator I'roin Nebraska, was Lorn in 
Hamilton, Canada, ^Vjiril, 1S:!(;, llie son of natives of the l^nitecl States 
temporarily residing abroad. In (diildliood lie removed with his parents to 
Iowa, and resided at Sahula, Jacdvson county, where he received his early 
education in llic )iiil)lic schools. ^Vt the age of eighteen years he entered 
a store at L)ulMi(|iie as a clerk. Two years later he removed to Omaha, 
where he engage(l in the real estate business, and later in banking. He 
became ;i direcloi' of the Omaha National Uank in .lulv, 18(i(), and .lanu- 
ary 1, IbiiT, its president and cashier, and is still at the head of this 
institution, which is one ol the staiinchest banks of the West. For one 
tei-in Ik' was mayor of ()malia, and for six years a govei-nment director 
of the I'liion Pacific Railway C\)mj)any, and subse<jiiently a stockholder in 
the company and a member of the directory for seven years. He is a wid- 
ower, and has a grown son and daughter. He was elected to the I'nited 
States Senate March 28, 1!)U1, succeeding Senator Thurston; took his seat 
December 2, 1901. Ili.s term will expire March 8, 1907. Senator 'SIW- 
lard is a liepublican. 



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ELMER JACOB lU'RKKTT. 

Elinor Jacol) IJiirkctt, Mi'iiibcr of Congress from the First District, was 
l)orn in Mills conntv, Iowa, and is ono of the yoiing-er niemhers of Con. 
gross, lie was born on a farm and his early life was very mneli the same 
as the life of the average farnu'r l»oy, with lots of hard woi'k to develoj) 
|ihvsical strength, and the usual struggle in a coniinou country s(du)ol to 
gain the rudinuMits of an c(lucation. lie was a diligent student and made 
tho l)est of his time at school, aii<l had the advantage of a course at Tabor 
(\)llege, at Sidnev, Iowa, from which lie was graduated in is'.to. He 
then removed to Nebraska and becamt' |»rinci|)al of a school at Leigh. 
After two vears of teadiing, he entered the law s(diool (d' the University 
of Nebraska, and, iu isii:;. was givcu the degree (d' LL. I>., and in iS'.i.i 
that of LL. yi. He was admitted to the Lancaster county bai- in 18'J3, 
ami has since been one of the foremost membi'rs. 

In 18U7 he was a member of tiu' lower house of the Legislature, repro- 
sonting Lan<:"aster county. In ISltS lie was elected to Congress, was re- 
(docted iu flMKi and again in I'.Mi-J. in each elei-tion i-eceiving a haiidsonu> 
majoritv. No better evidence of his excellent sei'vice in Congress can be 
ii"iveii than bv his successive uoniiuation and rc-cdet-tion. At the national 
capital he is looke(l ii|Mm as one of the Itrilliaiit ones among the younger 
members. 

lit i.HKiri' M. nil (iirocK. 

Gilljert M. Hitchcock, tho only Deinocratii- Congressman from Nebraska 
now serving in the national house, was born in Nebraska forty-two years 
ago, and is a son of Phiiieas \V. Hitchcock who was Kniteil States Senator 
from Nebraska from ls71 to 1S77. Congressman Ilitcdicock ac<|uire(l his 
early cibu-ation in the ()mah;'. |iul)rn- schools. Siibsei|iient!v lie spout two 
years in study in (iormanv, then cutered the law s(dio(d of the ^licdiigan 
State t'liiversity, from which he was graduatiMl in hiw. Foi" some years 
ho practiced law in Omaha. In IHS') he fouuile(l the Omaha Evening 
World. Til 188'.! he ac(piire(l t he OinahaMorniiig Herald, whi(di he con- 
solidated with his paper under the name of the World-Herald, wiiitdi has 
since been ]mblishod as a morning and evening paper. From 18'.' t to 1896 
tho World-Herald was edited bv William .lennings IJrvan. Congrossmai! 
Hitchcock is still the owner and piil)lishor of the World Herald. In 18',t8 
Mr. Hitchcock was iioinimit-ed for Congress to represent the Second 
District of Nebraska and was dcd'eated by Mercer by 1,'J()() votes. In liMj2 



he was a<;'aiii iioniinatcd for the same (tthce and cavfied liis district 1)y 
1,S4U votes. C'()ii*>-ressiiiaii Hitchcock is a son-in-law of Ex-governor 
Lorenzo C-rounse who was Justice of the Nebraska Supi-enie Court, repre- 
sented Nebraska in Congress, later served as Tliird Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury ami for one term was (Tovermu- of Nebraska. 



.TOiix .1. Mcr.\i;riiv 



John .T. ATcC^irthy, ('Ongressman I'rom tlu» Third Nebraska District, is 
a native of Wisconsin, where he was born forty-six years ago. He is of 
Irish parentage, his father being oiu' of the pioneers in Wisconsin. He 
was reared on a. farm and I'eceived liis early education in the common 
schools. When (piite a young man lie removed to Nebraska ami com- 
menced farming. At David City he began the study of law in the office 
of Horace (Tarfield, and in issy was admitted to the bai- and soon after 
located at Ponca, in Dixon county, where he has sim*e made his home. 
For three terms lie was county attorney of Dixon county and sei'ved as a 
member of the lower house of the Nebraska Legislature during the twenty- 
sixth an<l twentv-st'veiith general sessions. Congressman McCarthy is a 
man of strong personality and during his membership in the Legislature 
was a rec(»gnize<l leader. ^Vs an attornev his reputation ext'Mids beyond 
the limits of Nebraska. He is generally recognized as a man of integrity, 
abilitv and high moral character and general woi'tli. .Mr. McCarthy was 
marrit'd in Butler countv, Nebraska, to ]Miss Nellie B. McGowan, and 
has a family of seven children. 

KDMlXn H. IIIXSII.WV. 

Kdmund H. Hinshaw, Alembci- of Congress fiom the Fourth Nebraska 
District is a native of Indiana, being born in Henry county in IHtio. His 
l>oyhood days were spent on the farm and in attendance at the public 
schools. It is evident that he was aa apt student, as at the age of sixteen 
he commenced teaching in a country school, whic^h he continued as a 
vocation during the winter months for a. number of years, working on his 
father's farm dui'ing the summer time. By his teaching and his work as a 
farm hand, he earned sufficient money to pay his way tiirough Butler 
LTuiversity at Indianai)olis, from which he was graduated in 18<So. Lnme- 
diately after his graduation he came to Nel)raska and settle(l at Faii-l)ury, 
his present home. He was elected superintendent of the Fairbury schools, 

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wliicli ])Ositi(iii lie lield for (Uio year^ wlieii lio rosiLjiied to take u|) tlic 
study of law. He was soon admitted to the l)ar and then t'ornied a part- 
nerslii]) witli .fudge Letton, of Fairlxiry. In 18'.t") this partnersliijt was 
dissolved because of Judge Letton's election t-o the bench. In 1889 Mr. 
Hinshaw was elec-ted clerk and attorney for the City of Fairbury and by 
re-election tille(| ])oth ofKces two terms. lie also served one term as 
county attorney of Jefferson county. In 1898 he was the Re|jublican can- 
didate for Congress from his district and met with defeat. In 1902 his 
nomination for Congress was gained after a long struggle in conven- 
tion at Beatrice, :U;3 ballots ])eing taken before the nomination was 
made. 

i;i:ok(;k w. xokkis. 

George W. Norris, Member of Congi-ess from the Fiftli Ne])raska 
District, was l)orn in Sandusky county, Ohio, in July, 1861. Left father- 
less in his childhood, his youthful tight was a hard one. As soon as old 
enough to work, he l)ecame a i'arm hand, and during the summers, earned 
sufficient by his labors to enable him to attend school during the winter 
months. Thus lie struggled along until he had e(|ui]>|)ed himself I'oi' school 
teaching. By teaching he earned sufficient money to ])ay his way through 
the Indiana Normal School at Val|)araiso, and Baldwain at Berea, Ohio. 
While teacliing school he devoted his spare moments to the study ol' law, 
and after leaving the University he spent one season in a lawyer's office, 
ajul then entered a law school. In 188:! he was admitted to practice. He 
had no money with which to open a law office and for two years continued 
as a school teacher, thus gaining sufficient nnnu'y to purchase law books 
and open up an office. His first office he opened at McOook, lS'el)raska, in 
1885, where he followed liis profession for ten yeai's, when he was elected 
to the district bemdi. In 1899 h.e was re-elected and lield the position 
when he was iu)minated by the Kepublican convention for Congress. He 
was elected by a good majoi'itA' and promises to do his state liighlv credit- 
able service in the national House (A' I'eprcsentat ives. 

.M()Si;s ]'. KINKAin. 

Moses P. I\inkai<l, Member of Congress fi'om the Sixth Nebraska 
District, was born in Monongahela county. West \'irginia, though his boy- 
hood days wei'e spent in Pennsylvania and Illinois. He received his early 
education in the commoJi and private schools and entered the law school 

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ol' the l'^iiiv<M-sity of Micliiiiaii at Ann Avlxir, tVdni wliicli lie w as liradiiatcd 
in 187(i. Tlie town of O'Kcill, in Xcbraska, was I'onndcd alonii' in the 
seventies and there Mr. Kinl<aid h>caled. and hecanie one of the pioneers 
of that town, wh*'re he coninienced ihe prai-tieeof law which he lias earrieil 
on sueeessfully ever sinee. In 1SS7 lu; was eU'cleil to the District bench 
and 1)V re-election served in tiiat ca|)acity foi- thirteen successive years. 
Diirinii' tlie U^<i-islat ive session in IS'.t:; lie was a meniherof the State Senate 
and was eliairinan (d' tiie Judiciary conmiittee of that body. In 1890 
Judge Ivink'iid was one of the Republican candidates for a conl itii;ent 
position on the supreme bench of tlie state, Init the constitutional amend- 
ment increasing;- t he number of su[ii-enu' judges faile(lto carry. In l!tU») 
he was a candidate IDr (%)ngress in the Sixth District but was defeated i>y 
the Fusionists. He was again nominate(l in IHOJ and was (diM-ted by a 
handsome majority. He has always been one of the staun(di, unwavei-ing 
Republicans of the state. Congressman Kinkaid is a bachelor. 




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Tlic Meiuliers of tlic Senate, -JSth Geneial Session, were lai'uely Kepiil)- 
licaii in majoritv. consistinii' of twenty-nine lve|iiil)licaiis and tour 
l"'iisioiiists. Jn the mailer of nativity, the State of Illinois was the l)irtli- 
place of six nieuihers; New Vork. of five nicinbei-s; Iowa, four ineinl)ers; 
an<l of native Xeliraskans lliei'e ai'e only foui-. .AI iclii^an, Wisconsin, 
Pennsylvania and Ohio, each sui)i)lied two menibei-s. Knyland is the ))irth- 
place of three niemhers ami Canada, two. N'iryinia was represented hy 
one member and Maine hy one. 

There are nine lawyers in the Senate, and as to occupations most largely 
repi'esente(l, fai'mers stand second with seven. Other callings in the world 
of l)usiness ami the professions are represented as follows: Lunihennen, 
three: doctoi-s, two: hankeis, two: hardware dealers, two; and one each of 
real estate dealers, druggists, insurance men, farmers and stock growers. 
Hour nianufacturei-s and dealers, general merchants, civil engineers, 
jewelers and coal and grain dealers. More than half of all members are 
land owners — owners <d' farm lands and many have varied business interests 
aside from theii- special pursuits. 



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II. IIAIiUlSOX. 



William II. Ilan-is<iii. Senator t'loiii the Scvciiteeiitli District, Hall and 
Howard counties, has the distinction of beiny- the President pro teni 
of the Senate. lie was born in ^lorris, Illinois. .May lit. 1SC,(I. In May, 

1866, his parents removed to Xi'hraska and wei'e a n^ the idoneei' 

settlers of Richardson comity. Senatoi- Harrison i-eceived his education 
in the schools of Nebraska, and at the aue of seventeen, commenced his 
l)usiness career in the lumber trade, in which he has since continued as a 
manufactui-er and dealer in lumber. His honu' has been at (xrand Island, 
since ISS.'), and there for several teiaus he has served as a member of the 
City Council. He is not new to law-making, as in 18lt."), he was a member 
of the House from the Forty-seventh District. From isits until 1U()2, he 
was postmaster at (4rand Island. He has been active in county and state 
politics and has been a delegate to numerous county, congressional and 
state conventions of his [)arty. He is one of the strong men of the upi)er 
house. He is a conservative, careful and a hard and faithful worker for 
the general good of his state and constituency. 

Senator Harrison was married in issi to Miss Fmma K. .lones. and has 
a familv consisting of four sons and oni' daughter. 




1)K. .1. .M. ALDKN. 

Dr. James Marion Aldeu, Senator from the Eleventh District, composed 
of Wayne, Madison, Stanton and Pierce counties, was born in Oswego 
county. New ^ drk. Scptcniltcr 7, 1847. Ilis early (hiys Avere passed on his 
father's farm and in attendance at the common schools and academies of 
his native county. For two years he attended tlu; liiiiversity of Michigan. 
Sultse(|U('iit ly, lie entercMl .Iclfcrson Medical t'ollege, Philadelphia, from 
whicli he was graduatcil in 1S71. For eight years lie i)racticed medicine in 
Michigan and in llliiidis :ind. in iss:!, came to Nebraska and settled at 
Pierce, in Fierce count v. where he has since been in continuous |)ractice. 
Dr. Alden is a member of the Elkhoru ^"alley and the Nebraska State 
Medical societies. Ilis wile, in maidenhood, was Miss Florence Bell, 
whom he married at Pieice. in February, 1889. Dr. Alden was a member 
of the Nebi'aska Legislature in 181M. This is his first tei'm in the Senate. 



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A N DKKSON. 



Charles B. Aiulcrsoii, Soualor hoiii tlic Twenty-second Distriet, com- 
posed of Saline county, was born on a farm near Albion, Orleans county, 
New York, June 30, 1865; attended the district schools and afterwards the 
High school at Albion, New York, from which he graduated in 1883 and 
commenced the following Mon<lay as delivery boy in the hardware store of 
Mr. Ed. C. Cole, of Albion, New York; became its bookkeei»er about a 
year afterwards. He continued in Mr. Cole's employ until 188.") when 
with his uncle, Mr. ]3idelman, he purchased the business and continued it 
until the spring of 1887, wlicn he moved to Nel)raska and purchased an 
interest in the DeWitt Bank (»f DeWitt, Nebraska, aiul became its cashier. 
Continued in the banking and farm loan business at DeWitt for ten years, 
organizing a bank at Plymouth and Stamford, Nebraska, also, of which he 
was president; removed to Crete in 18lt7 and with Mr. T. H. Miller organ- 
ized the Crete State Bank, he becoming its cashier. About two years 
afterwards he became vice-president of the \nink ami oi-ganized the Con- 
servative Investment Company of Crete of which he is president. He was 
elected and served as cashier of the Omalia National liank for about six 
months, l)ut preferred to return to liis old home and business interests at 
Crete and elsewhere, being vice-president of the Ord State Bank at Ord, 



Nebraska, and ]»resi(lent (»(" the Conservative Investment Companv of 
Black well, Oklahoma. 

Mr. Anderson has one of the best homes in .Crete. He married Miss 
Mathilda Miller of Crete. His family consists of ;'three children. Mr. 
Anderson has never held office exce})t serving efficiently as a member of 
the School Board at Crete and is one of the trustees and a member of the 
executive committee of Doane College. He was selected in 1890 as a Dis- 
trict Delegate from his district to the National lit'publican Convention 
and esteems the privilege of sharing ill the first nomination of President 
McKinley as one of his pleasantest duties. He has always taken an active 
interest in politics as a citizen, though did not seek the nomination for the 
office to which he was elected to by a majority of over TOO. 




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1>. F. I'.FJiHTor.. 

Peter F. Beuht..!, Senator from the Twenlietli District, Lancaster 
county, was bon. at Industry, Illinois, December 27, 18o7. His father 
was a merchant. Senator l^eohtol received his education in the common 
schools and the Hiirh school of his native town. He took up the study of 
Pharmacy and, for^some years, was employed as a pharmacist at Industry; 
then removed to Shenandoah, Iowa, where he followed his profession for 
nearly three years, and in 188:^ settled at Bennett, Nebraska, where he 
eno-aged in the drug business with his brother, A. L. Beghtol, which he 
stiTl continues at that place. Senator Beghtol has been active in politics 
but has never before held office other than that of school trustee, village 
clerk and positions of similar import in his own town. He is also in part- 
nership with his ])rother in the ownership of three farms near Bennett. 

Senator Beghtol was married October 2, 187i», to Miss Ella L. Kenyon, 
of Bloomington, Illinois, and has two children, sons, one aged twenty one 
and the other sixteen. Senator Beghtol is chairman of the Committees on 
State prison, and on Library, and member of the Highways, Bridges and 
Ferries; Miscellaneous Subjects, Medical Societies, Manufactures and 
Commerce, Reform School, Asylum for the Feeble Minded and Home 
for the Friendless committees. Senator Beghtol is a Kepublicau. 



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.lAMKS T. UKADY. 

James 'i\ Brady, St'uator tVoiii tlic Ninth Dislfict, roinposed of Ante- 
lope, Boone, and Greeley counties, was born in Heywortli, Illinois, in 
August, 186;3. His early days were spent on his father's farm and in 
attendance at the puldic schools. In 1884 he removed to Nebraska from 
his native state and located on a farm near Bradisli in Boone county. 
After several vears of successful farming he removed to Albion, and 
thei-e engaged in the real estate business. lie still attends to his farming 
interests. 

Senator Brady is one of the Fnsionists in the Senate, but has always 
Ix'cn a member of the Indepcmlent l»arty. He nevei' before held office and 
his nomination for senator came to him uns<mght for, and was nominated 
without opposition 1)V both Democrats and Populists. He is a member 
of a number of fi-atcrnal societies in which he has always taken a deep 
interest. He was mari-ie(l in June, 1902, to Miss Theresa Brown. He is 
one of the careful, cautions, conservative membei's of the upper house of 
the Nebraska Legislature. 



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wii.MAM c. r.noWN. 
William C. Brown, Senator froiii tin- Fourteciitli District, coiniioscd of 
Brown, Keya Palia, Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes, l^ox Butte and Sioux coun- 
ties, was born in Syracuse, New York, November 28, 1853. When he 
was eight years old his family removed to Rochester, New York, wliere he 
received his education, lie was admitted to the bar in McKean county, 
Pennsylvania, in 1882. For three years he practiced law in Clarendon, 
Warren county, Pennsylvania, of which town he was elected burgess, an 
office corresponding to that of mayor. In 188(J he removed to Spring- 
view, Keya Paha county, where he has since made his home and has been 
in the continual practice of his profession. He was elected first county 
attorney of Keya Paha county and by election has tilled that office four 
terms. In 1889 he was appointed receiver of the Northwestern Bank at 
Springview, of which for some time prior he had been the cashier, closing 
up the affairs of the bank in 1892, returning to the depositors 72^ per 
cent of their deposits when it was thought that the l)ank could not pay 
more than 50 per cent. He was the first chairman of the Fifteenth Judi- 
cial district and for several terms the county chairman of the Keya Paha 
County Republican Central committee. At various times he has been a 
delegate to congressional, judicial and state conventions. He is chairman 
of the board of trustees of Springview and president of the Keya Paha 
County Irrigation Association. 

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C. .T. COFFEY. 

Cornelius J. Coffey, Seiiatoi- from tlie 'riiirtceiith District, eoinjjosed of 
Holt, Garfield, Wheel(M- and lioyd counties, was l)()i-n in Michigan, Decem- 
ber '4, 187."). In 1877 liis |)arents removed to Nebraska and settled on a 
farm five miles west of O'Neill, where Senator Coff'ey resided until five 
years ago, "when he located at Spencer, Nebraska, his ])i-esent home. His 
primary education was received in the public schools. When eighteen 
years of age he commenced teaching in tlie district schools. lie attended 
the Western Normal College, at Lincoln, foi- one year. lie then resumed 
school teaching, altei'iiating it with farming. He commenced his commer- 
cial career as a clerk, and in IKO'j engaged in the hardware and implement 
business at Speiicei' on his own acc(»unt. 

Senator Coffey never held any other office except that of school director 
at Speiicei-, and for five years village trustee, until he was elected to the 
Senate on the Fusion ticket, in 11M)2. His district gave a majority to 
(irovernor Mickey, but notwithstanding, Senator Coff'ey carried it by a 
good majority. On .lanuary i», 1900, Senator was married to Mary A. 
Dailey, and has one son two years old. 



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James 11. Cox, Senator from tlie 'rweiity-tiftli Distriel. Clay and Hamil- 
ton counties, was l)orn in Kendall eoiinty, Illinois, August Iti, 1849. He 
received liis education in the schools of his native state, his youthful days 
being mainly passed on the farm. For some years he followed farming in 
liis native state, and in May, 1870, canu' to Nebraska and located where 
now is situated the town of Hampton. The country about was then wild 
prairie, and this land Mr. Cox commenced to cultivate. He has been suc- 
cessful as a farnuM-, which has been his lifeV work mainly, and having 
faith in Nebraska soil, as his means would i»ermit, he acMpiired additional 
land, until at the present time, he has about :i,U(iU acres of as good land as 
can be fouml in the state. He has carried on farming on an extensive 
scale and is a large feeder and shi))iier of live stock. For a short time he 
was eno-aged in the lumber business at Hampton and has also been consid- 
erably ?ntt' rested in banking. He is one of the self-made men of the Sen- 
ate and is highly esteemed in his home county as well as by all who know 
him throughout the state. For fifteen years he has been a school director 
in his home town ami chairman of the Board of Town Trustees of Hamp- 
ton until he declined re-election. He has always been a Republican but 
has never been among the office-seeking class. He is a thorough home man 
and has a family consisting of wife, three sons and two daughters. 
His wife, whom he married at Piano, Hlinois, February 'A, 1875, in maid- 
enhood, was Miss Sarah J. Tyler. Mr. Cox is one of the conservative and 
hard-working members of the Senate. 




GEORCiE L. DAY. 

George L. Day, Senator from the Twenty-sixth District, composed of 
Nuckolls, Webster and Franklin counties, was Lorn in Whitewater, AVis- 
consiii, January 25, 1857. He received his education in the common 
schools and the State Normal School of his native town. He later entei'ed 
the l*hiladelphia Dental College, Philadel])liia, where he took a course of 
study. In November, 187',), he came to Nebraska and h)cated at Superior 
where he engaged in the lumber and coal business and which town is still 
liis residence place. 

Senator Day has been highly successful as a business man and is inter- 
ested in a number of lumber aiul coal yards at different points in southern 
Nebraska. While he has been an active factor in i)olitics, always giving 
his suppoi't to the Kejiublican pai-ty, until his election to the Senate he 
never lield other than local orticcs. Senator Day is a inari-ied man, his 
wife in maidenhood, being Isabella JJarbcr, wliom lie mari'ied May 17, 
1881. His family t-ousists of one son and two daiightei's. 



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FKANlv A. DEAN. 

Frank A. Dean, Senator from the Twenty-eighth District, composed of 
Kearney, Fhel])S and Harlan counties, was horn at La Salle, Illinois, Sep- 
tember -28, 1855. llis eai-ly education was I'eceived in the pul)lic schools 
and comi)leted in the University of Illinois, from which he was graduated 
in the scientific and literary course in the class of 1878. In January, 
1880, he came to Nebraska and located at Ulysses, Butler county, where 
he remained until January, 1888, when he removed to lloldrege, where 
he has since made his home, and where he is engaged in the hardwai'e busi- 
ness. 

Senator Dean is one of the numerous Ive})ublicaii senatoi-s and is now 
serving his first term. lor five terms he has been mayor of the C'ity of 
Holdrege. On June 25, 1879, he was married to Miss Cora C. Kiggs. 
Mr. Dean is one of the hard-workinuf members of the Senate. 



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Martin Luther Fries, Senator from the Fifteenth District, composed of 
Custer, Valley, Lou]» and Blaine counties, is a Virginian hy birth. He 
was born in Winchester, October lo, 185(i. Left an orphan in early 
childhood, his youth was beset with cares and sonre few haidships. His 
early education was limited to the advantages afforded by subscription 
schools. Later in life he worked his way through college, then followed 
the vocation of a school teacher. Liclined towards the study of law, he 
entered the law school at Val})araiso, Indiana, but deciding upon a 
business career, abandoned the study for the bar at the end of a year. 
From 1888 until 188(5 he was president of the Sierra Xornial College at 
Auburn, California. Resigning this position in April, 188(>, he located 
at Arcadia, Nebraska, his pi-cscnt home, and there engaged in the lumber 
business, in which he has been successful and has built u]) a large jiatron- 
age. Senator Fries has always been a Republican, lie is serving his first 
term as a member of the Nebraska IjCgislaturc. Li iss:5 he was married 
to Miss Cora M. Anderson of Streator, Illinois, an old classmate at 
Valparaiso, and has one child, a daughter, who is now in her seventeenth 
year. 



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I>. lilFFlN. 



William D. Giffin, iSeuator from the Thirtieth District, composed of 
Dawson, Lincoln, Keith, Cheyenne, Logan, Scotts Bluff, Banner, Kimball, 
Deuel, Grant, Hooker, Thomas, McPherson, and Perkins counties, was 
horn at Morning Sun, Iowa, in 18.U. He received his education in the 
public schools and at the college at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and Lebanon, 
Ohio, He attended the law school at Iowa City, from which he was 
graduated in 1882. For three years he was located, and practiced law at 
Guthrie Center, Iowa. He came to Nebraska in 1885 and located at 
Gothenburg, which town has since been his home, and where he has 
engaged in the practice of his profession and as a dealer in real estate. 
Mr. Gitttn is a Republican but never before was a candidate for any office 
until chosen to represent his district in the Senate. 

Mr. Giffin was married in 1881, to Miss Clara D. Giffin of xVurora, 
Indiana. 



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.ii>>.Krii iiAi.i.. 

Josei»h Hall, Senator from the Sfveuth District, coiiijiosed of Caniiiig 
and Burt counties, is a native of England, l)orn in Hartford county, in 
1840. Left an orphan in childhood, he came to America in 1856, and 
located in Wisconsin, near the town of Tomah. and in the institute of 
that town he completed his schooling, attending the school until 18G1 
when he enlisted as a private in the 4th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers. 
He served until the close of the war, part of the time as regimental and 
brigade quarter-master, and when his regiment was transferred from 
infantrv to cavalry, he was made captain of cavalry in Co. L. He was 
mustered out of service in 18tjG and then came to Nebraska and took up a 
homestead, upon which he still lives near Tekamah, in Burt county. He 
has been justice of the peace, police judge of Tekamah, assessor, and 
three terms commissioner of Burt county. He served as a member of the 
lower house of the Nebraska Legislature during the 27th Session. 
He has a wife and six children, all of whom, excepting one, an 
eighteen-year old son, arc marricij. Mr. Hall is one of the conservative 
members of the Senate. He has always been a steadfast Republican. 



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M. A. HALL. 



Matthew Alexander Hall, Senator from tlie Sixth District, Doui^Ias 
county, was born at Scarboro, York county, Ontario, Canada, July 31, 
1862, of English and Scotch blood. His father was Thomas H. Hall, a 
merchant, farmer and stock breeder, and his mother was Janet Burns. All 
of Mr. Hall's grandparents were among the pioneers who settled along 
the northern shores of Lake Ontario, east of Toronto, the father's parents 
coming from Cumberland, England, and those of the mother from Aber- 
deen, Scotland. 

Mr. Hall was educated in the public schools of Scarboro and M;irkham, 
and the High school at Newmarket, (Canada, and the Collegiate Institute 
at Toronto. He earned his first money as a teacher in the public schools 
of Glenville and Kettleby in his native province. After teaching two 
years he was a commercial traveler for McColl Bros. & Co. of Toronto, 
and later traveled through the United States and Canada for the Standartl 
Oil Company for several years. 

In 1885 he entered the law de})artment of the University of Wisconsin, 
from which he graduated in 1888 with the degree of LL. B. He came to 
Omaha, August 3, 1888, and began the practice of law, and has been 
signally successful, being associated for the greater part of the time with 

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Carroll S. Montgomery, Jilso a gmduate of the University of Wisconsin, 
under the tirni name of Montgomery & Hall. 

In 1897 Mr. Hall was a])i»ointed by the British Government as Vice- 
Consul at Omaha, and has held the office ever since. In 1898 he was com- 
missioned by the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition as 
special envoy to Canada, and lie succeeded in induc-ing the Canadian 
Government to participate in the exposition by an attractive disjilay of 
its products and resources. In 1897 he was ])resident of the ^"ictoria 
Diamond Jubilee association of Nebraska and Iowa. In 18'.ts he was 
president of the British-American club, organized in view of the coming 
to Omaha of large numbers of subjects of (^ueen ^"ictoria, to visit the 
exposition, and in the same year he was president of the Omaha Cricket 
club. He is a member of the Omaha club, the Omaha Country club. The 
American Bar association, ami is Past High Chief Ranger of the Inde|)en- 
dent Order of Foresters in Nebraska, is a Scottish Kite Mason, and one of 
the board of Governors of the Knight of Ak-Sar-Ben. He is a member of 
All Saints Episcopal church, and a Republican in politics. He takes an 
ardent part in the promotion of the social welfare of his fellow citizens 
and his personal and professional character is held in high esteem. 

In October, 1890, he was married to May Wurtele, daughter of C. .1. C. 
Wurtele, a prominent member of the Canadian Bar, at Sorel, (Quebec. 
They have three children — Percy Wurtele, born September lo, 1892; 
Charles Alexander, born September 9, 1894; Donald James, born 
November 0, 1897. 




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I,. S. HASTIN(4S. 

Lovel Sheldon Hastings, Senator from the Nineteenth District, com- 
posed of Butler and Seward counties, was born in Boone county. Illinois, 
November 1, ISiUi. When he was twelve years of age he removed to 
Nebraska with his })arents, who settled in Butler county. Ilis rudimen- 
tary education was received in tiie public schools of Illinois and of Butler 
county, Nebraska. Inclined toward the study of law, he quit the home 
farm and entered the office of Hon. J. C. Roberts, at David City, and was 
admitted to the bar iu December, 1887, and commenced })ractice in David 
City, which place has since been his home. He was county attorney of 
Butler county from 1891 to 1895. While always an active worker in the 
Republican party, he has never been among the office-seekers, and this is 
his first term in the State Legislature. Senator Hastings was married in 
1893 to Eva V. Sheldon, and has two children, daughters. 



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1). S. HASTY. 

Domiiiicus S. Hasty, Senator from the Tweuty-nintli District, composed 
of Furnas, Red Willow, Hitchcock, Dundy, Gosper, Frontier, Chase and 
Hayes counties, was Lorn in York county, Maine, December 13, 184G. 
His birth-place was on a farm and he was reared as a farmer boy and 
given the advantages of a common school education. Notwithstanding 
his inclination to play pranks upon fellow pupils and worry his teachers, 
he managed to secure an education which enabled him, in later life, to 
become a surveyor and hydraulic engineer. During his life in Maine he 
was a lumberman and surveyor. In 18V 1 he removed to Nebraska and 
settled on a homestead near Arajtahoe, in Furnas county, and ujion this 
honiestead he still resides and devotes his attention to farming mainly. 
In Nebraska he has followed surveying, hydraulic engineering, bridge 
contracting and the building of irrigation ditches, reservoirs and mills. 
His life has been an active one. While always a Republican, he has been 
too busy to devote much time in seeking office, and is now holding his first 
official j)osition other than minor local offices. If he had to seek the 
nomination he would now not be a member of the Senate, but once nomi- 
nated for the office, as a duty to his party, he made a winning fight. 
Senator Hasty was married in 18V5 to Emma Atkinson, and has a family 
consisting of three sons and two daughters. His j»ost-office address ie 
Arapahoe, Nebraska. 

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J. C. IllCDiiK. 

John Cary Hedge, Senator from tlie Twenty-seveuth District, composed 
of Adams county, was born and reared in Washington coimty, Pennsyl- 
vania, the date of his birth being December 4, 1844. He received his 
education in the schools of his native state and February 1, 18(;5, enlisted 
in Company H, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry and served as a private until 
the close of the war, when lie was honorably discharged. He came to 
Nebraska in April, 1878, and for some time was engaged in the lumber 
and banking business -at Fairfield. In 189-3 he sold out and removed to 
Hastings, his present home, where he commenced business as a miller and 
exporter of flour and grain with offices at both Hastings and Lincoln. 
Senator Hedge has always been a Reitublican, but never has he held an 
office above member of the School Board, which he has tilled for four 
years in Hastings, until he was elected to the State Senate. His business 
career has been a successful one, and he follows his business j.rinciples 
closely in his ofKcial acts as a member of the Senate. 

Senator Hedge was married in 18V0 to Fva M. Hewitt, and his family 
consists of two sons and one daughter. 



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I!. IIOWKLT, 



Robert B. Howell, Senator from the Sixth Senatorial District, Douglas 
county, is a native of Michigan. Mr. Howell entered the Naval Academy 
at an early age, and after graduation and subsequent service resigned and 
located in Omaha to practice his chosen profession of civil engineering. 
From the first he took an active interest in irrigation and was instrumen- 
tal in securing the enactment of the present laws upon the subject. As the 
first state engineer, he organized the Department of Irrigation. In 1895 
he was tendered and accej)ted the position of city engineer of Omaha. In 
1896 he was appointed l»y President Cleveland a member of the Naval 
Board of Visitors to Annapolis. His term of office as city engineer ter- 
minated in 1897, and the following year ujxm the outbreak of the Spauisli 
War he tendered his services to the Navy Department and was appointed 
by President McKinley a lieutenant in the Navy, in which capacity he 
served on the U. S. Cruiser "Prairie,'' with the North Atlantic squadron 
and subsequently with the forces in the West Indies. 

At the close of the war he received an honorable discharge and actively 
re-entered his profession. 



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\y. II. .lENXIXGS. 



William Henry Jennings, Senator from the Twenty-third District, com- 
posed of Jefferson and Thayer counties, was born in Ohio, February 14, 
1845. When in his youth his parents removed to Louisa county, Iowa, 
where he received his early education in the public schools. His early 
days were passed mainly at work on his father's farm. Upon the break- 
ing out of the Civil War, he enlisted in Co. C, 11th Iowa Infantry, and 
was in Crocker's famous Iowa Brigade. After returning from the war he 
engaged in the mercantile business in Dallas county, Iowa, in which he 
continued for thirteen years. In 1885 he removed to Davenport, Nebras- 
ka, where for the past eighteen years he has been engaged in the banking 
business. His politics are Kepublican aiul this is his first term in the 
State Legislature. In 1871 he was married to Ruth A. Clayton, born in 
Salem, Indiana, and has a family consisting of three sons and four daugh- 
ters. 




niARLES MARSHALL. 

Charles Marshall, Senator from the Third District, Otoe county, is a 
native of England, born September 8, 1854. lie came to Nebraska when 
he was eig-hteen years of age and settled in Otoe county. He took u[) the 
study of law and, in 188V, was admitted to the bar by the District Court 
of Otoe county, lie served as a member of the School Board of Douglas, 
Nebraska, for a number of years, and also as (diairman of the Village 
Board. In 1901, he served in the lower house of the State Legislature. 
His business career has been a successful one. For some years he has 
been engaged in the banking business, is the cashier of the Bank of Doug- 
las in his home town and is president of the l^aiik of Panama. He takes 
active interest in secret and fraternal society affairs and has been the Mas- 
ter of the Masonic Lodge of Douglas and is a charter member of two 
camps of the Modern Woodmen, in both of which he served as presiding 
officer. One mile from tlie town of Douglas, he owns a farm, wliich is 
stocked with tine Percheron horses and Shorthorn cattle. He is a Repub- 
lican. 

Senator Marshall was mai-ried in 187*), to Miss Kllen ,1. Hollister, and 
has two sons. 



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>rKKKI>ITH. 



Dr. (t. W. Meivditli, Senator from the Fifth District, composed of 
Saunders and Sarpy counties, was born in Bh)omingsl)uro-, Fulton county, 
Indiana, July U, 1851. He graduated in medicine from the medical de- 
partment of the State University of Indiana, March 28, 1873. He com- 
menced the practice of his profession in Union Mills in his native state, 
where he remained until October, 1882, when he located at Ashland, Saun- 
ders county, which place has since been his home and where he has been 
in the active practice of medicine and surgery. Dr. Meiedith is a Demo- 
crat and served in the 27lh Session, was re-elected for the 28th 
Session, both times receiving the endorsement of the Democrats and the 
Peoples' Independent party. While he has always taken an active 
part in state and county politics, he never held office i)rior tt> his election 
to the Senate in 190U. He is a Hrm believer in right of sovereignty of the 
people as it pertains to self-government. Dr. Meivdith is married and has 
a family of seven children, two sons and live daughters. 



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CHARLKS T. NOKKIS. 



Charles I. Xorris, Senator I'roiu the First District, composed of 
Richardson and Pawnee counties, is one of the native-born members of the 
Senate, his birth-phice being- P'alls City, where he was born December 
30, 1860, the son of Nebraska pioneer parents. He received his educa- 
tion in the public schools and the High school of his native town. His 
first business experience was as a clei-k for the Missoula Mercantile Co., at 
Missoula, Montana, where he was employed for four years. Returning- 
to Nebraska, he engaged in the general merchandise business at Table 
Rock, which he has continuously followed up to the ])resent. 

Senator N orris has never before held any office, though he has been an 
ardent worker in the ranks of the Republican party. He was married 
November 30, 1887, to Miss Sarah Phillips, and has one son and a 
daughter. 



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KI( II AKI) <> NKII.I.. 

Richard O'iSeill, Senator from the Twentieth District, Lancaster 
county, was horn in Ontario, Cana.hi, February 7, 18r,4. He came to 
Nebraska in 1873, and for some time was located at Omaha. In 1883 
he removed to Lincoln and engaged in the retail jewelry business, in 
which he has since continued. Senator O'Neill has always taken an 
active part in public affairs and is recognized as one of the leading secret 
society men of Nebraska, particularly in the Knights of Pytliias, of 
which order, in 1887, he was elected (4rand Chancellor, and for the past 
twelve years he has been the Supreme Representative of the Pythian 
order inKebraska. Mr. (KNeill has always been active in local politics, 
and in 1900 was elected to the State Senate, and in 1902 was one of two 
members— the other being Meredith of the Fifth District— who were re- 
elected to succeed themselves. During the Twenty-eighth session Senator 
O'Neill was chairman of the Committee on LTniversity and Normal 
Schools and a member of the Finance, Ways and Means, Insurance, Mili- 
tary Affairs and Mines and Mining committees. He has always been a 
worker in the Republican ranks. In 1887 he was married to Miss Anna 
N. Vanderpool, who died in April, 1901. His family consists of two sons. 



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I,. M. I'K.MHKKTON. 

Leauder M. Peiiibertou, Senator from the Twenty-first Disti'ict, Gage 
county, was l)orn in Edgar county, Illinois, November 12, 1845. When 
a child he removed to Hamilton county, Iowa. He received his education 
in the common schools and the State University of Iowa. He studied law 
and was admitted to the bar in Iowa in 1870. From January 1, 187-2, to 
January, 1878, he was auditor of Clay county, Iowa, and in the fall of 
1879 he removed to Nebraska and located at Beatrice, which is his home. 
For six years he served as city attorney of Beatrice, and since 1802 has 
been a member of the Board of Education of that city, liaving been j)resi- 
dent of such Board for six years and secretai-y one year. He has been one 
of the directors of the Beatrice Free Public Library since its organization 
in 18i».''). Senator Pembcrton was mai-ried at S|)encer, Iowa, April 30, 
1879, to Miss Ida M. Harris, and has five cliildren, two sons and three 
daughters, lie is one of the leading attorneys of the bar of southeastern 
Nebraska. 



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r,. W. RKYNOrj) 



1). W. Ri'vuolds, Senator Iroiii tlic Tciith Distrirt, coniposod of Dodge 
and Washington counties, was l»oi-n in Fremont, Nebraska, November 11, 
1860, the son of Nebraska pioneers, and has been a resident of that city 
and vicinity, with the exception of a short ])eriod during his boyhood, for 
the forty-two years of liis life. He obtained his education in tlie public 
schools of Fremont, completing the ))rescribed course of study. He after- 
wards took four years of college work at Nebraska City and in the State 
University at Lincoln. 

lie engaged in business for himself at nineteen, at which time he drove 
a band of sheej) from New^ Mexico to Nebraska and laid from this venture 
the foundation of his successful buisness career. He has ever since been 
engaged in farming and stock feeding and growing. 

He is secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Interstate Live 
Stock Co., which has a capital of ^.-)0.000, and of which he is principal 
holder. This company owns a tine thousand acre farm near Fremont. 

Mr. Ki-ynolds never held but one public othce l)efore being elected Sena- 
tor. That was membership of th" board of supervisors (.f Dodge county 
for two terms, during both of which he was chairman. He was married 
in 188:5 to Miss Mary A. Davies. of Fremont, and has three children. 




CIIAKI.KS 1,. SAlXDKltS. 



Cli;irl('s L. Saunders, Senator from the Sixth District, Doui^das county, 
lias been a resident of Nebraska foi- forty-one years of the forty-tive years 
he has been on earth. His birth-})hii'e is ^[t. l*h'asant, Iowa, and when he 
was four years of ay-e in 1S()1, his parents removed to Nebraska, and his 
f.itlier, Alvin Saunders, was the War (Tovernor of Nebraska Territory, 
appointed by President ]jincoln, and served in 1801-67. Governor 
Saunders was in the United States Senate from Nel)raska from 1877 to 
1883 and his son C'liarh's was his private secretarv. C'iiarles L. Saunders 
acquired his earl}' education in the public schools of Omaha and finished 
his studies in Cornell University and the Columbia Law School. Karly in 
the ei!4'htics he was interested in the cattle l)usiness in jNIontana with his 
brother-in-law, Russell IJ. Harrison, and for some time held an ofHcial 
position in the United States Assay Office at Helena, finally beint^ 
advan(;ed to chief clerk and maiiaiicr. In ISSii lie I'esioned this posiiion 
and returned to Oniaha, where he was one of the incorjtorators of the 
Omaha Kfal Estate and 'J'rust Co., of which he is now president and 
genera! manager. He is a inembei- of th('()maha l\eal Estate Exchange, 
the Commercial Club, the Omaha Club and the Elks J^odge of Omaha. For 
four years ending M-ai-ch, I'.Miu, he was deputy city treasurer of the City 
of Omaha. Mr. Saunders is one of the bachelor members of the Senate. 



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(JF.ORCK T.. 



(Te(irg-e L. Slu'ldon, Senator froiu tlic Foui'tli District, Cass county, was 
born in Nehawka, Nebraska, May ;il, 187U, and is one of the few native 
born as well as one of the youngest members of the Nebraska Senate, 
28th Session, lie is the son of pioneer settlers in Cass county, his 
father, Hon. Lawson Sheldon, and mother, Julia A. (Pollard) Sheldon, 
both being natives of Vermont, the former settling at what is now 
Nehawka in 185G, and his mother settling thereafter her marriage in 1857. 
Senator Sheldon was born on a farm and reared as a farmer lad. He 
attended the district school wdiere he accjuired an elementary education, 
then entered the University of Neljraska, from which he received the 
degree of Bachelor of Literature in isu-j, then entered Harvard, from 
which he received the degree of A. B. in 18!»:5. That he should early 
become interested in politics is natural, as his father was a member of the 
Fourth Territorial Assembly of Neltrask;; Ten-itory in 1858; was a member 
of the State Senate during the i!nd, .".rd, 4th, and 8th Sessions 
and always took an active i)art in the early affairs of Nebraska. 
Senator Sheldon was a member of the State Republican committee in 1894 
and 1895; chairman of the Cass County Central Republican committee, 
1897-98, and in I89ii, was captain of Co. A, University Cadets, which 



won the Maiden Prize in the competitive drill at Omaha, that year, and 
was awarded a prize cup by the citizens of ()m;ilia. Tpon the organization 
of the :5rd Nebraska, V. S. Volunteers, Senator Slu'ldon was t-ommissioned 
captain of Co. B, 3rd Xel)raska Volunteers, and served with his company 
in the United States and in Cuba during the Spanish-American war, and 
was mustered out of service with his regiment in 18'.>'.». Senator Sheldon 
was married at Koseville, Illinois, in IHlt:., to Miss Kose Iliggins, and has 
two children, (George Lawson Sheldon, .Ir.. aged Hve years, and Mary 
Slieldon, aged two years. St-nator Sheldon is engaged in farming and 
lives in the house where he was born. He was nominated for the Senate 
by unanimous vote and without solii-itation for tlie ofHce, he at the time 
being in the state of ^lississippi. 




r)(> 




Komnrr .1. 



Robert J. Sloan, Senator from the Twenty-t'oui-tli District, York and 
Fillmore counties, was Ijorn on a farm near Monticello, Iowa. Feln-uary 
16, 1870. lie is of Irish ancestry, his })arents. while yoiinii'. emigrated to 
Philadeli)liia, and in 1857 Ijecame pioneeis of Jones county, Iowa. lie 
received his early education in the jiublic sclio(»ls and then entered the 
Iowa State College, at Ames, from wliicii he w:is graduated in Xovemlter. 
189'2, with the degree of I>. Sc. Immediately after his graduation he 
loi-ated in Nebraska and took up the study of law at (xeiieva. which place 
has since be^^i his home. lie was admitted to the l)ai- in 18ii4 and has 
been in active practice ever since. In I'.tol he was ch-cted (iraiid \'icc 
Chancellor of Knights of Pythias in Nehraska Scnatoi- Sh)an. during the 
28th Session, was the chairman on Constitutional Aiiiciidnieiits and l-'ciicral 
Relations and on Privileges and Elections coinmittecs. lie was also a 
member of the foUowing c(»mmittees: .ludiciary. Public Lands and 
Buildings, Enrolled and Engrossed IJills. Education. Reform Schools, clc. , 
and Counties and County Boundaries. He was niairied in lyit") to Miss 
Rose Owens, and has one child, a daughter, two years old. He is a 
Republican. 




J. II. IMS'l'IOAD. 

Jacob Horace Unistead, Seiiatdv fi-diii tlic Kiulilct'iitli District, com- 
posed ot" Polk, Merrick and Nance counties, was l»<»rn in Ohio in 1851. 
He received his education in tlie conimdii scht)ols and early in life leai'iied 
tlie printer's trade, at which lie woi-ked for eight years. He came t(» 
Nebraska in 1879 and settled on a farm in Nance county, where lie has 
since resided and has been successful as a farmer and stock-ii rower. For 
seven years he has served as a meuiber of the Nance County Board of 
Supervisors, two years of which tiine he has been chaii-niaii of the same. 
He has always taken a deej) interest in agricultural niattei's and is at 
present the president of the Nance County Farmer''s Institute. He is a 
Republican and is serving' liis first term as a incnibcr of the Nebraska 
Assembly. 

Senaior I'mslead is a married man and his wife, wlioni he married in 
188'2, in maidenhood was Mary E. Lamb. His post-office address is 
Fullerton, Nebraska. 



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AARON \\AI,r,. 

Aaron Wall. Seiialoi- fi-oiu the Sixtcciilli District. DiifFalo and SluM-nian 
counties, was born August 7. lS41t. in Laiu-aslfrshii'e. England. He came 
to Nebraska in 18VU, and located at, Dewitt, Saline county, and in ISTO 
settled in Louj) City. lie coumienced the study (d' law in Dewitt and 
was admitted to the bar in isT-i. Foi- more tiian thirty years he has been 
ill the active practice (»t' his profession. From 1870 until 1 88(t he was 
c(tunty judge of Sherman county. Me has always been an active vvorker 
in the political field and in 1888 was a delegate to the Kepublican National 
Convention at Chicago. The same year he was the chairman of the 
Republican State Conventi^)n. lie has never Iteen ambitious to fill office 
and is now serving his first term as a member of the Nebraska Assembly. 
Senator Wall stands high among the legal fraternity of the state. lie is 
a hard and earnest worker and has met with a flattering degree of success. 
He was married in ]87<) to Miss Addie \'anhuesen. lie is one of the con- 
servative members of the Senate. 



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WILLIAM !■ 



WAUN KR. 



William P. Warner, Senator re[)reseiitino' the Eighth District, com- 
|>osed of Knox, Cedar, Dixon, Dakota and Thurston counties, was born 
at Ricliland, Iowa, April 28, 186G. When he was two years old his 
}»arents removed to Dakota county, where he received his elementary edu- 
cation and has since lived. lie attended luisiness college at Sioux City, 
and coinnienced reading law in the office of Judge McLain, now of the 
Iowa Su])i-eme Coui't, tluMi chancellor of the law scliool of the Iowa State 
University, and was admitted to the bar in 1891. For four years he 
served as county judge of Dakota county and for five years as county 
attorney. He has been an active worker in the ])olitical field, thoroughly 
lle|)ul)Iicaii in all his iii-inci]il('s, and his election in \\H)2 to the State 
Senate was l>y a majority of 1,114 in a district that in 1894 gave 300 Fusion 
majority. Senator Warner is the first Republican senator sent from his 
district in eight years. He is conservative, a hard and earnest worker, 
quick to see into matters and very careful in examining every point 
before arriving at conclusions. Senator Warner was married February 
16, 1893, to Miss Alice M. Graham of Sioux City, Iowa. Senator and 
Mrs. Warner are the parents of three children, two sons and one daughter. 
He resides at Dakota City. 

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W. A. WAY 



Warren A. Wfiy, Scii.itof Iroiii tlic Twelt'tli Disti'irt, (*(»iin>osed of 
Platte and Colfax counties, is one oi' the Fusion members of the Senate. 
He was born in Peru, C'linton county. Mew York, October 2 7, 1850. 
He was reared on a farm and received his education in the country and 
village schools. In March, 1878, he came to Nebraska, and for four 
years was a farmer in Douglas county. In the fall of 1882 he removed to 
Platte county, where he purchased a farm and successfully continued 
agriculture until 18'.>o, when he became a resident of C<)luml)us, Nebraska, 
and there engaged in the coal and grain l)usin('ss. wiii'di he ccintinued to 
the jiresent. 

Senator Way was mnrried at Keesville, Clinton county. New York, 
October G, 187'2, to Miss Mary F. Dodge To this union three (diildren 
have been born, two sons and one d;uii;htci-. of which one son and the 
daughter are livinif. 



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.1. I,. voiNi;. 

Julius L. Vouiii;-. Scnatdi- I'nmi the Second Disti'iet. composed of Xema- 
lia and Johnson counties, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. 
December 31, 1842. When he was eleven years of age his ])arents 
removed to JoDaviess county, Illinois, and thei-e his \outli was si)ent at 
work on the farm and in attendance at the public school, and his educa- 
tion finished in Rock River Seminary, at Mt. Morris, Illinois; on Septem- 
ber 23, 18G1, he enlisted as a private in the Independent battalion of Fre- 
mont Rangers. Upon the removal of General Fremont this oi-ganization 
was consolidated with Mulligan's Paroled Prisoners, and in January, 1862, 
was remustered as Co. I, Tliird Missoui-i Cavali-y \'()lunteers. JVIr. \'oung 
was mustered out of service at Little Rock, jVrkaiisas, December 31, 
18()4. In 18(3(3 he drove overland from Galena, Illinois, to Nebi-aska, 
crossing the Missouri river on the 19th of May. He took up a homestead 
in the western part of Nemaha county, where lie remained until the com- 
j)letion of the A. & N. i-ailroad, when he removed to Klk Greek Station 
and engaged in the buying and selling of grain and live sto(d<. In 188") 
he was elected county cderk ol' .lolinson county and was re-tdected in 1887. 
At the expiration of his tei-m of office he moved to a farm whicdi he had 
bought one mile west of 'reciimseh, and there he still lives and devotes his 
attention to farming and stock-raising. Mr. Young is a Republican and is 
filling iiis first term in tlu' Nebraska Legislature. He was married in 
March, 1871, to Caroline S. .Matsoii, and has reared a family of tivt* (diil- 
ilren, four sons and one da\ighter. 

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h:ouse: 



111 tlie 2Stli Session seventy-six Keiiiil)lic'aiis and tweiit v-t'oiir Fusion- 
ists represent the ])olitical eoinidexioii of the House. Oliio leads tlie 
states as the birth-place of the greatest miinher of members, siipplyinn- 
fifteen, with honors for second place divided l)etween Illinois and Iowa, 
each of which supplies eleven members; New Yoi-k is the birth-jilace of 
nine members; Indiana of eight, equaling Ni'l)raska, which is als() the 
birth-place of eight members. Five of the Representatives were Ixirn in 
Germany; three l»oni in Sweden; two in Ire and; two in I)eiim;irk and two 
ill England. Of the other foreign countries represented, Switzerland and 
Bohemia furnished one each. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin each is tiie 
birth-place of four members. Two of the southern states, 'J'ennessee and 
West Virginia, sui)plied two each, and Kentucky and Virginia, one each. 
New Hampshire, \'erm()nt, Connecticut, Maine, Michigan and Missouri 
each supplied one member. 

Farmers and ranchers predominate in the House in the matter of occu- 
pations represented, there being forty-nine, with more than seventy-five 
per cent of all members being the owners of farms and lands. Lawyers 
have second i)lace in numbers, there being fourteen, and bankers stand 
third with seven. 'J'here are five general merdiants, three hardware and 
implement dealers, three teachers, two each (d' insurance men, editors, doc- 
tors, real estate dealers, and one each of the fi)ll<)wing: liveryman, hotel- 
keeper, flour manufacturer, l)eet sugar manufacturer, mechanical engineer, 
lumber and coal dealer, cariieiiter, commission man, stock shijiper, and one 
butcher. 



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.loiix II. MIX K 1:1 r 



,I(tliii II. Mockett. -Jr.. Siu'akcr of tiiL' llou.se ol Kepresciitiitivew, was 
lioi-ii ill (Teuesec, Wisconsin, I)ccH'iiil)er 18, 18()0. In 18'/2, his parents 
removed to C'mning county, Nebraska, and here Mr. Mockett attended the 
)>iil)]ic schools and wlien eight<'en years of age was sutticiently advanced to 
commence scliool teaching, whicli lie followed for two years. In 1880 lie 
entered the University of Xeliraska, where he studied for three years, 
taking classical and literary work. lie then became a member of the 
tinn of .1. II. Mockett A: Sons, (General Agents of the Northwestern 
Mutual Life Insiiraiu-e Co., and since then has represented this company. 
He is one of the most successful life insurance men in Nebi'aska. Mr. 
Mockett became interested in ])olitics some few years ago and on account 
of his active work for his party lie was dioseii by the Hepublicans, as a 
member of (he City Council of Lincoln, being elected from the Vth Ward 
in 181)7 and again in is'.i'.i, the last time having no opposition. He was 
president of the Lincoln City Council from ^Vpril to Uecembei', 19U0, when 
he resigned on account of his election to the Legislature of 1001. During 
the 27th Session l.e was chairman of the Heveiiue and Taxation committee 
and a member of the Insurance committee. Mr. Mockett. in the 27th 
Session, introduced the first bill in the lower house and was the author of 
several measures that were successful, including the new Lincoln City 

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Charter. Ilis ability as a parliamentarian made him one of the leaders of 
the Kepnhlicaii majority in the House. He was re-elected hy an increased 
majority in 1902, and upon organization of the House received unanimous 
support for the Speakership. Mr. Mockett was married P'cbruary 8, 1888, 
to Miss Hattie H. Jones, of Omaha, Nebraska, and has a family of five 
children, two sons and thi'ee dautrhters. 




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(•llAIM,i:S AXDKKSON. 

C^hiirlcs Anderson, Ki'iircscntativc fi-tnii the Fortv-tirst Disti'iet, eom- 
]jose(l of Hamilton eountv. was lioiai in W<'i-nilan<l. Sweden. .January 28, 
18tj:!. He received liis education in his natixc counti'v and came to America 
in May, ]S8(), and hx-atcd in X(d)raska, where t'oi- tour years, lie worked 
as a farm hand in Hamilton county. He then houiidit a farm near Mar- 
quette ami emj^au'ed in farniin!^ on his own account. He continued farminu' 
until ISIH) when he conmienced in the mei'cantile business. After four 
years spent as a (general stor(d<ee](er he went to Texas and there en^'aged 
as a conti-actoi- in huildinu' roads and drainage caiuils. In 18U8 he returned 
to his I'arm in Hamill(ni county and has since l»een engage(l in farming 
and stock-raising. 

Mr. Anderson has always lieeii a Kejiuhlican hut never held an otHce 
other than that of assessor which he tilled t'oi- three years. He was 
married Fehiaiai'v is, I Sitit, to Caroline Larson, and has oiu' son. His 
[jost-otfiee is Marcjiiettt', Nebraska. 



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K. K. ANDKKSON. 

Frank Eilwin Anderson, Kein-cscntativt' t'l-oni the Twcnt U'tli District, 
coniposed of Knox and Hoyd conntics, is one ol'tlie few native Xeln-askans 
in the House. lie was horn in Saunders county. Xeliraska. June 'iH, ISTO. 
His youthful days were ]>asse(l upon a farm and in attendance at the 
district scliools. lie entered Lutlier Academy, at Walioo, Xehraska, and 
was g-raduated from that institution in l81t-_'. A year later he loeate<l a1 
Wausa and there commenced teaching school which lie c(»ntiniu'd until 
1898, when he established the Weekly (Gazette at Wausa, of which he is 
the editor. Mr. Andei-son has served as justice' of the |>cace foi" three 
terms and as townshi[) assessor, <»ne term. lie is a Hepuhlican and is one 
of the active workers for the |»arty in his district. This is his first term 
in the [legislature. lie is one of the bachelor membei-s. 



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VIC'TOK ANDKRSUX. 

Victor Anderson, Representative from the Sixtieth District, Kearney 
county, was born at St. Charles, Kane county, Illinois, August V, 1870. 
One week after his hirth his father died. When he was seven years of 
age his mother left the town of St. Charles and moved to Nebraska. As 
soon as he was old enough to work he commenced farming, and this is his 
present occupation. Fatherless and his mother poor, his early life was 
one of hardshi}) and ])rivation. The mother struggled hard to care for 
her family, ami all that Mr. Anderson has accomplished has been by his 
own hard lal)or. He has been successful in life. 

He received his education in the schools of Nebraska, and in his early 
life his training was such as to make him an independent thinker, a calm 
reasoner and self-reliant. He was a member of the 2Vth Session of the 
Nebraska Legislature and served on a number of committees. He is a 
Populist, and by his party and the Democrats was nominated for the 
second term and re-elected. Mr. Anderson is one of the Populist leaders 
in the House. He is one of the bachelor members. 



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^('oi r Ai'wooii. 



Silas Scotl Atwood, Keprest'iitativc from the Twenty-ninth District, 
Seward county, was born in Preble county, Ohio, March 12, 1842. When 
he was two years of age his parents removed to Washington county, in 
the same state, where he received his early education in the public schools, 
laboring under many disadvantages on account of the poor educational 
facilities of those days, lie was reared on a farm and early in life 
learned what hard work was. In 1861 he enlisted in the 13th Iowa, served 
the three-year period of his enlistment and then re-enlisted, and eight 
months later was honorably discharged from the service. In the spring of 
1867 he renioved to Nebraska and located upon a homestead a short dis- 
tance west of Milford, i)i Seward county, where he has since made his 
home. Mr. Atwood was married December 22, 1869, to Miss D. E. 
Brown, and of this union four children have been born, all of whom are 
living. Mr. Atwood has taken a lively interest in every movement for the 
advancement of his county and the state in general, i)articularly along the 
line of the development of agricultural interests and fruit growing. This 
is his first term in the Legislature and, owing to ill-health, he was able to 
be present only a few days during the session. Mr. Atwood has always 
been a staunch liepublican. 



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(iK(>i:<iK K. liACOX. 

(Toorye E. Bacon, Ki'|)iesi'iitative from the Fifty-ninth District, coni- 
])(»s(h1 of Dawson county, was ])orn in T>ittlot()n, New Hanipsliire, August 1(), 
1848. Wheu he was nineteen y<'ars of age he went to lioston, Massachusetts, 
and there, for seven years, was a clerk in a grocery store, lletlien engaged 
in the grocery business on iiis own account and continued in the same 
until he came to Ne])i'asl<a in Mai'ch, 1884, and settled in Dawson county. 

Mr. l^acon served as county commissioner of Dawson county for three 
years fi'om 1887 to 18'.M). I*i-ior to coming to Nebraska he was twice 
elected to the Common Council of Boston. He has always been a Kejiub- 
licaii and is now serving his Hrst term in the House. Mv. l^acon in the 
28tli Session was the chairman ol' the Committee on renitent iaries, and is 
a member of a numlx'r of other committees. lb' was married in March, 
1807, to Miss Susan D. Savage, and has a family consisting of two sons 
and one daughter. His post-ofHce address is Doss, Nebraska. 



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I>K. A. l*:. I'.AHTOO. 



Dr. Alboii K. Hartoo. liepvcseiitutivt' from the Fifty-tiftli District, coni- 
|)()sed of Valley county, was Ix.rii in Kden. Erie county, New York, in 
1862. After completing' his studies in the district school he entered 
S])rino;ville (New York) Academy, where he attended two fall terms. 
Durinii; the winter months he tautijht school and later attended for one 
term each the academies at Forestville and Ilamhuro-. In the fall of IBS.") 
he matriculated in the medical department of the University of Buflfalo, 
from where he was g-raduated [)resident of his (dass in 1889. For six 
months he practiced at Angola, New \'ork. then removed to Westcott, 
Nebraska, and nine months later, in 18UU, removed to Arcadia, where he 
has since resided, and where, for a time, he was one of the proprietors of 
the Crystal drug store. The doctoi- is a member of the Custer County 
Medical society and the ex-secretary of the Loup Valley District Medical 
society. In the fall of 1896 he married Miss llosetta F. Potter, and the 
following year built a cosy residence in the southern part of the town. 
Dr. and Mrs. Bartoo are the parents of one child, a daughter. The doc- 
tor is interested in agriculture and stock raising and is a sanguine advo- 
cate of irrigation and alfalfa growing. 




I). A. I'.KCIIKK. 

Dirk A. Becker, Ue})resentative from tlie Twenty-fourth District^ 
composed of Platte county, was born January 17, 1859, in Germany. He 
emif^rated to America and settled in Illinois, and in 1880 removed to 
Nebraska, locating in Platte county, where he engaged in farming and 
stock-raising. Mr. Becher received a thorough education in his native 
country. He has served as justice of the peace for one term, town clerk 
two terms and four terms as county supervisor of Platte county. He 
served in the 27th Legislature and was re-elected in 11)02, both times on the 
Democratic ticket, receiving the support of the Fusionists. Mr. Becher 
has been twice married. His first wife was Anna Johnson, wliom 
he married in 1880 in Illinois, and who died in 1887, leaving three sons. 
His present wife, to whom he was married in 1888, in maidenhood was 
Miss Gesine Johannes, and is the mother of two boys and three girls. His 
})ost-ot!ice address is Columbus, Nebraska. 



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H. S. HKLDEX. 

H. S. Beldeii, Kepresentativc from tlie First District, composed of 
Richardson county, was born in Ohio in 1840. In his youth his j.arents 
became residents of Illinois and tliere he received his education in the 
public schools. He was reared on a farm and early in life became accus- 
tomed to hard work. On May 24, 18(>1, he enlisted in Co. K, 15th Illinois 
Infantry as a private, and served four years, four months and four days, and 
was mustered out at Springtield, Illinois, as first sergeant. During most 
of his service he served in the 16th and iVth army corps. In 1807 he came 
from Illinois and located on a farm in Richardson county, where he has 
since been continuously engaged in agricultural pursuits, giving particular 
attention to the growing and feeding of livestock. Mr. Belden has been 
a Republican from his early manhood, though never classed as a politician. 
The onlv otHce he ever held other than precinct and school offices, was that 
of county commissioner of Richardson county, having served on the 
board in 1896 and 1897. This is his first term in the House. Mr. l^elden 
was married to Miss Martha Jennings in 1867 at Salem, Nebraska, and has 
four sons and three daughters. His post-office address is Dawson, 
Nebraska. 



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H. c. :m. hlk<;kss. 

Henry C. M. Burgess, Representative from the Thirtieth District, Lin- 
coln, Lancaster county, Nebraska, was born in New York, August 'JO, 
1858. When an infant his parentis removed to Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and 
there lie received his education iu tlie [)ublic schools and in the Methodist 
College of that city. In 1882 Mr. Burgess came to Nebraska and located 
at Omaha, where he engaged as a commercial traveler. One year later he 
became connected with a St. Joseph, Missouri, commercial house which 
he represented for three years, and then for several years traveled for one 
of the wholesale houses of Omaha. He abandoned commercial pursuits 
and turned his attention towards life insurance and is the manager of the 
Tribe of Ben Hur for Nebraska and Kansas. The past few years he has 
made his home in Linc()ln. Mr. Burgess was married February 15, 1893, 
to Marie C. Burgess, and lias one son. Mr. Burgess is a Republican and 
is now serving his first term in the House. 



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V. A. (AI.liWKI.I,. 

P. A. Caldwell, Kein-esciitative from the Fortj^-second District, com- 
posed of Clay county, was bora in Cleartield county, Pennsylvania, 
November 7, 1848. He received his education in the schools and acade- 
mies of his native state and passed the principal part of his youth at fann- 
ing. He located in Nebraska in 188."., settling at Vvete, where for six 
yelrs he was in the employ of the Crete Milling C%). In 1892 he 
removed to Clay county, where he jyurchased a farm and has since been 
devoted to agriculture and stock-raising. Prior to coming to Nebraska, 
for nine years he was engaged in the coal mining and lumber business. 
His politics are Republican. In 18C.!» he was married to Miss Sarah 
Bloom, and has a family of five sons and four daughters. Mr. Caldwell's 
address is Edgar, Nebraska. 



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.1. \V. ( ASSKI,. 

Job AV. Cassel, Rejireseiitative Iroiii the Sixth District, Otoe county, 
was born in Warren county, Indiana, December 7, 1835. He received his 
education in the common scliools of Indiana and |>assed his youth upon the 
farm. He is one of the Nebraska pioneers, coming from Indiana in 1856 
and settling in Otoe county. From 1859 to 18(55 he was a freighter and 
miner in Cohirado and Montana. Then he returned to Otoe county, 
where he has since made his home and where he has been a farmer, giving 
his jiarticular attention to liorticulture, and has done much towards the 
advancement of fruit-growing in his section. He lias always been a 
Republican and at various times has served as a delegate to county and 
state conventions. He has been an active worker for his party but never 
an ortice-seeker, and is now serving his first term as a memljer of the Leg- 
islature. 

Representative Cassel was married January 19, 1865 to Miss Mary L. 
Harmon, daughter of Oliver Harmon, of Sutheld, Connecticut, and has 
a family consisting of three sons and one daugliter. One of his sous is 
John H. Cassel, a newspaper artist well known as an illustrator of 
"Puck," and other j)ublications. Another son, Walter, is in New York, 
assistant cashier in the foreign department of the American Express 
company, and the other son, Albert, is in the employ of the Anaconda 
Mining Co., at Butte, Montana. The daughter is Mrs. A. J. Klepser of 
Weeping Water. Nebraska. Mr. Cassel's post-office address is Nebraska 
City, Nebraska. 

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G. S. CHRISTY. 

George S. Christy, Representative from tlie Third District, Nemaha 
county, was born in Keokuk county, Iowa, October 25, 1863. When he 
was ten years of age his parents removed from Iowa and located in Nebras- 
ka. His early education was received in the public schools of his native 
state and Nebraska and completed in the Fairhehl College, Nebraska, lie 
was reared on a farm and has been a farmer and a breeder of tine live 
stock for a number of years. lie has always taken a lively interest in 
agricultural affairs and has been an active member of the State Horticul- 
tural Society for many years, now being the president of that body. He 
has always been an active worker for the Republican i)arty but has never 
held office until the present, being elected to represent his county in the 
Legislature in the general election, 1902. He is a married man. His wife, 
in maideidiood, was Miss Hattie Fredeuburg. His family consists of five 
sons and one daughter. His post-otfice address is Johnson, Nebraska. 



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W. N. COATS. 



William Nathaniel Coats, Representative from the Fiftieth District, 
composed of Holt county, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, March 7, 1868. 
He received his education in the schools of his native state. At an early 
ao-e he learned telegraphy and for a number of years was an operator and 
station agent for the Erie railroad. He came to Nel)raska in July, 1891, 
and settled at Stuart. Holt county, where he engaged in the furniture, 
undertaking and implement business. In ISHT and 18'J8 he was one of the 
county supervisors of Holt county. He is the first Republican elected to 
the Legislature from the Fiftieth District in fourteen years. Mr. Croats 
was married Marcii 14, I8!t3, to Miss Fannie Inglis, and has four daugh- 
ters. He owns one of tiie tinest homes in northwestern Nebraska, at 
Stuart. 




A. II. COl'SKY. 



Aloiizo Herbert Copsey, Re{)re8eiitative from tlie Twenty-sixth District, 
composed of Custer and Logan counties, was born in Dane county, Wis- 
consin, August 18, 1852. He settled in Nebraska in 1883, taking up a 
farm near Westerville, in Custer county, where lie still lives and where he 
has since successfully carried on general farming and stock-raising. He 
was one of the pioneers in his locality in introducing the culture of alfalfa 
and fall wheat. He has always taken a ])roniinent part in agricultural 
matters intended for the advancement of Nebraska in general. He has 
been active in politics, has always been a Kej)ublican and has served as 
chairman of the County Republican committee. For two terms 
he was a member of the County Board and the satisfaction given in this 
office was evidenced at the election of 1UU2. when he practically received 
the unanimous suppoi't of the citizens of his township, irrespective of 
party, having a majority of eighty-nine votes over all oDponents. 

Mr. Copsey was married in 1874 to Miss A. M. Wallin, and has a family 
consisting of five sons and four daughters. During the session he served 
as chairman of the Committee on Medical Societies, Sunday Laws and 
Regulations. His post-office is Westerville, Nebraska. 



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.). M. CKAVEXS. 

Jo8e))h M. Cravens, Representative from tlie Second District, Pawnee 
county, was born in Highland county, Ohio, March 19, 1855. When he 
was a (diild his parents removed to Knox county, Illinois, and there 
he received his education in the common schools. In 1882 he went to 
Kansas, where he remained until 1898, wlien he purchased a farm in Paw- 
nee county, Nebraska, which is now located at the crossing of the K. C & 
N. W. K. K. and the B. ct. M. R. R. Here he platted and laid out the 
town of Armour, which is his home and where he is engaged in the gener- 
al merchandise business. 

Mr. Cravens was postmaster of Armour from 189 7 until 1902, resigning 
upon election to the Legislature. He was married in Knox county, Illi- 
nois, December 5, 1878, to Miss Hattie L. Smith, and has two children, 
one son and a daughter. He is a Rc])ublican. 



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D. r>. rROPSEY. 

D.iiiiel B. Cropsey, Representative from the Thirty-sixth District, eoiu- 
posed of Thayer and Jefferson counties, was l>orn in Ohio, October 12, 
1848. lie received a thorough education in the schools of his native state 
and of Illinois. In 1868 he removed from Fairbury, Illinois, to Lincoln, 
Nebraska. He served two terms as city treasurer of Lincoln and in i882 
became a resident of Fairbury, Nebraska, his present home. I'here he 
engaged in the banking business, and at the present time is the president 
of the First National Bank of Fairbury, Nebraska, and also president of 
the National Bank of Wilher, Nebraska, and the PLxchange Bank of Steele 
City, Nebraska. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Fairbury, and 
has served as mayor of that city. 

The father of Representative Cropsey was a colonel in the Union 
Army during the Civil War, and served as a member of the Illinois Legis- 
lature and later was a member of the Nebraska State Senate. Rei)resen- 
tative Cropsey was married in 18 7:} to Miss Myra Caldwell, and has one 
child, a daughter. Mr. C'ropsey is serving as chairman of the House Com- 
mittee on Insurance. 



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A. V. ruNisriNOTiA:\i. 

Alfi'cd \. Ciiiiniiigliani, liepreseutative from the Forty-tir«t District, 
composed of Hamilton county, was boi'n near Hudson, McLean county, 
Illinois, June 18, 1804. Ilis childhood days and youth were spent on a 
farm and in attendance at the district school, where he acquired a liberal 
education. In November, 1888, he came to Nebraska and located first in 
Adams county, and later at Giltner, in Hamilton county, which is his 
home. All his life he has been a farmer, and for several years past in 
addition he has been interested in insurance matters. He has always been 
self-reliant and he (considers the most useful school to him has been the 
school of experience. He is a calm thinker and reasoner, aiul a man of 
strong character and convictions. For some years he has been a member 
of the Masonic order, in wiiich he has been an ardent worker. He has 
always supported and worked for the Republican paity though he has 
never held office, other than in a local way, until the present time. Mr. 
Cunningham was married in November, 1885, to Miss Mary Poulson, of 
McLain county, Illinois, and to himself and wife ten sons liave been born, 
eight ol' whom are living and all promise to become good American citi- 
zens. Their education is being carefully looked afier, and each is a 
8|)lendid specimen of model American youth, and are sources of pride to 
their parents. Mr. Cunningham stands abjne among the members of the 
House and Senate as the father of the largest family of sons and is justly 
proud of this fact. 

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FRANK CURRIK. 

Frank Currie, Representative from the Fifty-tliinl District, composed 
of Dawes, Sioux, Box Butte and Sheridan counties, was horn ai Detroit, 
Michigan, January 15, 1855. lie has been a resident of Nebraslva since 
1876, most of which time he has been engaged in tlie mercantile and live 
stock business, and is a ranchman, growei' and sliipper of stock. Mr. 
Currie has never before held other than local office. He has always taken 
an active part in jjolitics in behalf of the Republican party, of whicli he 
has been a steadfast adherent, but has never had the distinction of being 
classed as a politician or an office-seeker. He has been successful in his 
chosen occupation. lie has been active in furthering the live stock 
interests of northwestern Nebraska. 

Mr. Currie is a married man, his wife, in mai<lenhood, being Miss 
Minnie Richards, and his family consists of one son and two daughters. 
His post-office address is Whitney, Nebraska. 



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JAMKS H. DAVIS. 



James H. Davis, Representative from the Fifty-eighth District, com- 
posed of Buffalo county, is a native of Vermont, where he was born May 
6, 1848. lie received his education in the schools of Vermont and 
Massachusetts, and served throughout the Civil War, first in the Fifty- 
second Massachusetts, and later in the Sixth Massachusetts Light Artillery, 
participating in the engagements in which these two regiments ])artici- 
pated. He was honorably discharged from the service in June, 18(35. In 
1873 he located in Nebraska, settling in Buffalo county, where he was one 
of the pioneers and where he is engaged in farming and the milling busi- 
ness. Mr. Davis is a Republican. This is not his first term in the Leg- 
islature, having served in the House during the session of 1879. His 
family consists of a wife, who in maidenhood was Miss Sarah L. Morrison, 
and two children, one son and one daughter. 



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WILLIAM 1 ) i: L i:s-i>i:r n i kk. 

William Deles-Dernior, Ke[)reseiitative from the Seventh District, Cass 
coiiiitv, was born at Meinijhis, Teiinessee, December 3, 1856. When he 
was ten years of age, with his parents, he came to Xebi-aska and has since 
l>een a resident of C'ass county. In early days, prior to the building of 
the Missouri Paci tic Railroad, with his father, he was a freighter. lie took 
up the study of law and was admitted to the liar in 18it4, and since then 
has been in the practice of his profession, at Klmwood, his home town. 
Mr. Deles-Dernier makes a specialty of probate law, and has the largest 
practice of any in Cass county, and stands high among the legal fraternity 
of southeastern Nebraska. In 1888 he w-as Assistant 8ergeant-at-Arms of 
the Nebraska Legislature. He is now serving his first term as a member 
of the House. He has taken a lively interest in educational affairs and, 
for some time, has been presi<hMit of ilic High School Board of the town of 
Elm wood. 

Ml. Deles-Dernier is a Republican and one of the solid standbys of the 
party in Cass county. He was married in 1882 to Miss Gertrude I. Beck, 
and has a family consisting of four sons and three daughters. His eldest 
son, Chester, is an apprentice in the Tnited States Navy. 



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M. M. DKTKICK. 

Horton M. Detrick, Rejirosentative from the Thirty-eigh h District, York 
county, is a native of WilkesV)arre, Pennsylvania, born October 2tl, 
1835; In I80O he became a i-esident of Iowa, and in 1870, removed from 
Mt. Pleasant, in that state, to York county, Nebraska. Mr. Detrick is a 
veteran of the Civil War, having served in the -tth Iowa Cavalry from 1861 
to 186r), and ])articij>ate(l in all the engagements in which his company 
took a part. For seven continuous years he represented the City of York 
as a member of the York County Board, and from 1890 until 1895, was 
postmaster of York, He is one of the staunch ]ie|)ublicans who has 
always stood by his party's [)rinciples. lie was married October 25, 1805, 
to Jennie C. Andrews, and has two sons and tliree daughters. His 
residence is in the City of York. lie followed farming in Iowa and 
Nebraska until 1902, when he retii-(d from active work and to enjoy the 
result of his many years of labor. 



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JOSEPH <>. DOHRV 



Josopli (I. Dobry, Representative' rroiii tlie Twenty sixth District, Colfax 
county, is one of the few native Nebraskans serving- in the House. He^ 
was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1870, and when he was an infant his 
parents removed to Midland Precinct, Colfax county, in which j)hxce lie con- 
tinuously lived until two years ago, excepting two years he attended school 
at Schuyler and two years at Creighton University, in Omaha. In the 
spring of 1901 he removed to his present home one mile and a half west of 
Schuyler, Nebraska, where he is engaged in farming. 3Ii-. Dobry sei-ved 
in the 26th Session of the Nebraska Legislature as a member of the House, 
lie is known as a Bryan Democrat of the uncompi-umising kind. lie was 
married in JltUl, to Miss Mary Castek. 




I)ol<;las. 



James x\.ngus Douglas, Representative from the Fifty-lirst District, com- 
posed of Brown and Rock counties, was born on a farm in Hamilton 
county, Iowa, December 29, 18G0. He resided on the home farm until he 
was about twenty years old. He received his education in the public 
schools and Eastern Iowa Normal. Upon leaving home, foi four years he 
taught school. In 1883 he came to Nebraska and took up a homestea'i in 
what is now Rock county. In 188.") he was elected county superintendent 
of Brown county, and by re-election to the office served until 1890; then 
he entered the law department of Drake University, from which he was 
graduated in 1892. In .luiie, 189(i, he was ap[»<)inted to the office of 
conn y attorney of Hock county and elected to the same office in 1896 and 
re-elected in 1898 and again in 1900. His liome is at Bassett, Nebraska, 
where he is engaged in the ]ii-actice of law. He is also interested in bank- 
ing, and one of the directors of the Commercial Bank of Bassett. He 
has never been other than a steadfast Republican. Mr. Douglas was 
married in 188:5 to Miss Jennie May, and has two childi-en, one son and 
one daughter. 




PETER j;ggenhkr(;ek. 

Peter Eggenberger, Representative from the Thirty-seventh District, 
Fillmore county, is one of the Populist members of the House. He was 
born January 7, 1871, in the famous city of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and 
when one year of age came to America with his parents and settled in 
Fillmore county, near what is now Strang, Nebraska. His early education 
was received in the district school and in the school at Carleton, Nebraska, 
and later at the school in Hebron. He received a commercial education in 
the Lincoln Business College, when it was under the management of 
Messrs. Lillibridge and Courtney. Mr. Eggenberger has held different 
minor offices in his town and township. This is his first term in the 
House. He is one of the bachelor members. 



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E. E. FELLERS. 

Ezi-a Eugene Fellers, Representative from tiie Twenty-fifth District, 
composed of Platte and Nance counties, is a Pojtulist member of tbe 
House. He was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, December 2, 1873, 
and when four years of age came to Nebraska with liis parents, who set- 
tled in Platte county. He received his elementary education in the 
district schools and for two years, ending witli 1894, was a student in the 
Fremont Normal College at Fremont. For four years he taught school 
in Platte county. Mr. Fellers is serving his first term in the Legislature 
and has never before held office of any kind. He is one of the youngest 
members in the House and is unmarried. His post-otfice address is Mon- 
roe, Nebraska. 



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II. S. FKRRAR. 

Henry Stafford Ferrar, Representative from the Forty-seventh District, 
Hall county, was born in Belfast, Ireland, July 10, 1850. He is of one of 
the oldest families of Ireland that oriojinated from French blood along in 
the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and a lineal descendant of Nicholas 
Ferrar, who was deputy treasurer of the Virginia Comi)any of London, 
whose first expedition reached Cape Henry, in Virginia, on April 26, 1607, 
and founded the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. Kepre^eiitative 
Ferrar was educated at the Royal Academical Institution of Belfast, and 
when fourteen years of age went to (Germany and attended the military 
and ao-ricultural school at Neuwied-on-the-Rhine, where he studied for 
three vears. In 1871 he came to America and resided in New York City 
until 1884. He then went to Florida, where he spent some years engaged 
in horticultural, agricultural and fishing pursuits. He came to Nebraska 
in 1891 as superintendent of agriculture for the Oxnard Beet Sugar Com- 
pany of Grand Island. Soon after he assumed charge of the factory, of 
which he has been manager since 18U8. Since 1895 Representative Ferrar 
has been a member of the Grand Island Scliool Board; is now the 
vice-president of the same; is [.resident of the Library Board, and is one 
of the directors of the Y. M. C. A. He is also a member of the G. A. 
R. Committee for the Better Ol)servance of Decoration Day. Representa- 
tive Ferrar has the distinction of being the only beet sugar man known to 
have been elected to any legislative ])()sition in the United States. He is a 
Republican. He was married in 1872 to Miss Frances A. Veitch, a mem- 
berof one of the oldest families of County Cavan, Ireland. Representa- 
tive and Mrs. Ferrar are the parents of three daughters, 

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GEORGE r. FISHHACK. 

George C. Fislibiu-k, Representative from tlie Forty-second District, 
composed of Clay county, was born in New York state, October 19, 1855. 
When an infant his parents removed to Kee county, Illinois, and there he 
received his early education in the public schools. His early days were 
spent at school and at work at the carpenter's trade with his father. He 
acquired a knowledge of agriculture that has assisted towards his success 
in life after he came to Nebraska in 1885, when he settled in Clay county, 
near the town of Harvard. He never held any office excepting that of 
member of the Board of County Commissioners, which he resigned upon 
his election to the '28th Session of the Nebraska Legislature. Mr. Fish- 
back is a Republican and has always taken an active interest in the affairs 
of his party. He was married January 20, 1881, to Miss Kate E. Engle, 
and has a family consisting of three children, one son and two daughters. 
Mr. Fishback is chairman of the County Boundaries, County Seats and 
Township Organization committees, and is also a member of a number of 
other committees of the House. His post-office is Harvard, Nebraska. 



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llAiniCV KORI). 

Harvey Ford, Representative from the Tliirty-tifth District, composed 
of Thayer county, was born at New Washington, Indiana, March 22, 
1842. His father, Joseph H. Ford, died when Harvey Ford was nine 
years of age, he having been left motherless a year before. Left an 
orphan, he was placed in the care of a distant relative, J. L. Jones, who 
gave him the advantages of a common school education, in Cass county, 
Illinois, to which they removed in 1851, and in Lucas county, Iowa, where 
they took up their residence two years later. In May, 18G1, Harvey Ford 
enlisted in a military organization which afterwards became known as Co. 
B, 6th Iowa Infantry. He served with this noted regiment throughout all 
its campaigns marked with honor and bravery. At the battle of Mission 
Ridge Mr.Ford was wounded through the right arm and later lost the 
index tinger of his right hand by a guiislu t wound while carrying the flag 
in front of Atlanta. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea and 
on to Washington. He was a first sergeant when mustered out in July, 
186.5. He then rctui-ned to Lucas county, Iowa, s|>ent two years at school, 
but never completed his contemplated course. February 14, 1872, Mr. 
Ford was married to Miss Elisabeth S. Strahan, near Chariton, Iowa, and 
for some years afterwards was a farmer near Dallas, Iowa. In March, 
1883, he settled on a farm near Hubbell, Neb., where he has since resided 
and where he has been successful as a farmer and stock-grower. He has 
always been a Republican, but never found a-fishing for office. His nom- 
ination for the Legislature came without being sought for, and his election 
was by a ]»leasing majority. Mr. aiul Mrs. Ford have four living children. 
His post-office address is Hubbell, Nebraska. 

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M. L. FRIEDRICH. 



Martin L. Friedrich, Represeutative from the Seventh District, was 
horn in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, August 25, 1854. When fifteen 
years old he came to America alone, and for a time resided in Illinois, 
where he was engaged in farming. In 1881 he came to Nebraska and set- 
tled on a farm in Cass county, where he has since resided, and has success- 
fully followed agricultural pursuits. Representative Friedrich was a mem- 
ber of the 27th Nebraska Legislature, and was re-elected from his district by 
a good Republican majority. He was married in Illinois January 30, 1879, 
to Miss liva Volk, and has a family consisting of four sons and one daugh- 
ter. His post-office address is Cedar Creek, Nebraska. He is one of the 
staunch Republicans of his county. During the 28th Session he served as 
chairman of the Committee on Public Lands and Buildings. 



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SOREN M. FRIES. 

Soren M. Fries, Representative from the Forty-eighth District Howard 
county, was born in Denmark, Septemlier 27, 1861. He came to Nebras- 
ka in May, J 880; tor one year he worked in Kearney county, and for three 
years was in the West working as a railroad section hand in Wyoming, a 
mule driver on the Oregon Short-line in Idaho, and an ore hauler from the 
mines in southern Utah. In 1884 he located near Dannebrog, in Howard 
county, where he engaged in stock-raising and dairying, which he has 
continued to follow with success. Representative Fries has always been a 
busy man and work to him is like rest and recreation, his hardest hours 
being the ones in which he tiuds little to do; he has never before held office 
except that of school director, which he filled for two terms. He was 
nominated by the Populists and Democrats and carried his district by a 
good majority. Mr. Fries was married November 13, 1884, to Jacobine 
F. Koster and has a family of ten children, four sons and six dauo-hters. 
Mr. Fries' post-office address is Dannebrog, Nebraska. 



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C. GELWICK. 



Cyrus Calvin (4elwick, Representative from the Twenty-eighth District, 
Butler county, was horn in Carroll county, Illinois, April 15, 1852. His 
early days were spent on a farm and in attendance at the puhlic schools iu 
his native county, where he acquired a liberal education, lie came to 
Nebraska in 1873 and settled on a farm in Butler county, where he 
engaged in farming and stock-raising. P'or four years he was treasurer of 
Butler county, lie has always been a Re})ublican and one of the earnest 
workers for the general good of his jiarty. This is his first term in the 
State Legislature, lie is one of the leading farmers of his county and 
takes a lively interest in all matters ])ertaining to the advancement of 
Nebraska in a general way and in regards to agriculture particularly. 

Rei)resentative (4el wick was married in 18S>4 to Carrie B. Conarro, of 
Brainard, Nebraska. His post-office address is Brainard, Nebraska. 



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DAVIT) W. (iTLrSKRT. 

David W. Gilbert, Keproseiitative fioiu the Tentli District, OinaJia, 
Douglas county, is a native of England, where lie was born September 18, 
1806. When he was thirteen years of age, witli liis parents, became to 
America and settled in Omaha. He received his education in the Omaha 
public schools and chose for his ])rofession tli:U of mechanical enoineer. 
For some years past he has been connected witii the meclianical depart- 
ment of the Omaha Street Railway Oo. He has been active as a workei' in 
the Republican ranks of the City of Omaha, but has never before held 
office. 

Representative Gilbert was married September 18, 181)4, to AHss Ida 
May Angus, of Fremont, Nebraska, and has one son and one daughter. 
Mr. Gilbert is the chairman of tiie Committee on Cities and Towns during 
the present session. 



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C. W. GISHWILLKK. 

Charles Wesley (Tisliwiller, Ke})resentative from the Sixty-first District, 
composed of Franklin county, was born in the Buckeye state — Ohio — 
May 16, 1861. Many years of his youth were spent in Illinois, from 
which state he removed to Nebraska in 1885. He received his education 
in the public schools of Illinois and in the broad scho(d of experience. 
Jle was reared as a farmer's boy, and agricultural pursuits have received his 
life's attention. He has never been mucli of an office-seeker. In fact, 
held none but minor ofKccs until two years ago when he was elected to 
the Legislature, and was re-elected to the present one. Both times he was 
nominated by the Democratic and Populist parties, generally known as 
the Fusicmists. Representative Gishwiller was married in 1882, in 
Hlinois, to >Fiss Sarah Stevens, and has two sous and one daughter. His 
post-otfice address is Wilcox, Nebraska. 



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ELLIS E. (iOOD. 

Ellis E. Good, Representative from the Fifth District, composefl of 
Nemaha and Johnson counties, is Nebraska born, his birth-place being 
Nemaha county, and the dale of his birth May :^0, 1863. His parents 
were among the Nebraska pioneers, locating in Nemaha county in 1856. 
Until he was eighteen years of age he worked on the home farm, attend- 
ing school during the winter months, lie entered the State Normal 
School at Peru, and was graduated from that institution in 1887. He 
then taught country school for one year and then became principal of the 
public schools at Elmwood, Nebraska, a position he held for three years. 
For four years he was superintendent of schools at Valentine, Nebraska. 
In 1896, he located at Peru, where he engaged in the banking business, 
in which he still continues. He is the cashier of the Citizens State Bank, 
of which his father, Jacob Good, is president. Mr. Good is the owner of 
farming lands in his home county and residence properties in Peru. Rep. 
resentative Good is a Republican, He was married to Ida E. Church on 
September 12, 1889. 



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F. M. (;iJK<;(;. 



Fred Marion Gregg, Representative i'nmi the Seventeenth District, com- 
posed of Wayne and Stanton counties, is an Ohioan, tlie son of a Civil 
War veteran, of American ancestry, and was born March 17, 1867, on a 
farm near the village of Nevada. When five years of age his parents 
moved to Jackson county, Kansas, where he enjoyed his initial schooling. 
Three years of hot winds, chintz-bugs and grasshoppers terminated the 
Kansas experiences, and the family returned to the Ohio farm, where 
schooling was continued in the gi-aded schools of the village of Nevada. 
Graduating from the High school at eighteen, Mr. Gregg alternated work 
on the farm with teaching and attending college until the age of twenty" 
seven, when he completed the Classical Course of the Ohio Normal Uni- 
versity. Then followed three years of teaching Latin. (4reek and English 
in the Tri-state Normal, Scottsboro, Alabama, and a year of similar w^ork 
in a female college in Missouri. 

In 1898 he was married to Miss Carrie Cockerill, of Washington, 
C. II., Ohio, and came to Nebraska to take the ))osition of teacher of 
Natural Sciences in the Nebraska Normal College. Wayne, Nebraska. He 
owns a little home in Wayne, and is recognized as a useful citizen as well 
as a })opular and successful teacher. lie has never held any other public 
office. 



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DAVID HANNA, 



David Hanna, Representative from the Fift3'-second District, Cherry 
and Keya Paha counties, was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, 
July 5, 1845, of Scotch-Irish parentage. He received his education in the 
public schools of his native state and in 1883, after some years spent in 
Minnesota, he settled in Nebraska, where he took up land and engaged 
in the cattle business which he still follows. Representative Hanna served 
as sheriff of Cherry county during 18i»0 and 1891. This is his first term 
in the House and is the chairman of the School Lands and Funds com- 
mittee. He has been successful in his business pursuits and carries his 
business principles into all affairs in his official capacity, exercising sound 
judgment and common sense. He is one of the conservative and careful 
members of the House. He was married in 187(5, in Minnesota Lake, 
Minnesota, to Janett Lainbio, l)orn in Mr. Hanna's native county, and his 
family consists of one soil and three daughters. His post-office address is 
Wood Lake, Nebraska. 



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IIAH.MOX. 



William J. Ilai-nion. Reju-eseiilative from the Twenty seventh District, 
Saunders county, was born in Suffield, Connecticut, January 30, 1849. He 
descends from good old stock, his early ancestors liaving located in Amer- 
ica in 1635 and in his native town in lOVO. His family tree embraces the 
family of Attorney General Harmon, who filled the othce under Cleve- 
land's administration. Mr. Harmon came to Nebraska in March, 1872, 
and in May following entered into contract with W. A. Richards, late 
Governor of Wyoming and now commissioner of the General Land Othce, 
to survey government lands. Mr. Harmon followed surveying for a 
yjeriod of eighteen months; returning fi-om this survey Mr. Harmon 
located at Omaha for a time and was employed by the Union Pacific slioi)S. 
In 1874 he bought land in Saunders county, and commenced cattle raising, 
which he has since continued and is now the owner of 680 acres of rich, 
Saunders county laiul. In 1875, in company with Jack Staats — the latter 
killed by lightning in the seventies — constructed the first bridge across the 
Platte river at Fremont, and upon the death of 3lr. Staats, became its sole 
owner and conducted it as a toll bridge until he sold out to the Fremont 
corporation in 1883. Mr. Harmon is a member of the Masonic, Pythian, 
and a number of other orders, in which he is prominent. He was married 
in 1879 to Miss Nellie Staats, and has a family of four sons and two 
daughters. His post-office address is Fremont, Nebraska. He is a Repub- 
lican. 

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WILLIA^r G. HARRISON. 

William G. Harrison, Representative from tlie Tliirteentli District, com- 
posed of Burt and Washington counties, was born on a farm in Wyth 
county, Virginia, Marcli 10, 1854. In 18G5 lie came to Nebraska with 
his parents, who settled in Washington county. lie received his education 
in the Nebraska district schools, and has been a continuous residentof that 
county for thirty-eight years, excepting three years — from 1870 to 1879 
— which he spent in Colorado. For twenty years he has been engaged in 
the liverv business at Blair. lie served as a member of the Washington 
county board of su]»ervisors for five years, beginning witli 1887 and end- 
ino- in 1893. He is, at present, a member of tlie Blair City C-ouncil and is 
now serving his sixth year in that body. lie lias always been a Republi- 
can, one of the unwavering kind, and a leader of his party in that county. 
His majority in liis district, in 190'.^, was far in excess of any other candi- 
date on the ticket. Mr. Harrison was married May 4, 1887, to Miss 
Frances M. Van Horn, and has two children, one son and one daughter. 



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|)U. .1. K. IIATUORN. 

Dr. John E. Hathorn, Representative from the Sixty-iifth District, lied 
Willow county, was born in Piscataquis county, Maine, May 17, 1845. 
He received his early education in the public schools and academy and 
Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. He took up the study of medicine in 
Bovvdoin College, and finished in Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1874. 
He commenced practice in Illinois, where he remained until 1880, when he 
settled in Nebraska, locating at Bartley, where he has since been in active 
|»ractice. 

Dr. Hathorn has served as president of the N'iiiage C'ouncil of Bartley, 
as a member of the Scdiool Board, and is one of the U. S. Pension Exam- 
iners. He is president of tlie Bartley State Bank. He is now serving 
his third successive term in the Nebraska Legislature. He has always 
been a Republican. He was married in Fairtield, Iowa, in Se|)tember, 
1882, to Miss E. D. Dana. 

During the '28th (Session Dr. Hathorn is chairman of the Committee on 
Accounts and Expeiulitures. 



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Jolin R. Ilerroii, Representative fioiii tlie Tweiity-tirst Distfiet, Ante- 
lope county, is one of the Republican members of the House, lie was 
horn on a farm in Louisa county, Iowa, December 15, 1845. He received 
his education in the pioneer schools of his native state. The Civil War 
being in progress, as soon as he was old enough, he enlisted as a private 
and saw three years of service as a member of Company A, low^a Volun- 
teer Cavalry, 9th Regiment, receiving an hon<irabIe discharge in March, 
18G0. After the war he returned to Iowa and remained there till March, 
1884, when he settled in Antelo|>e county and commenced farmitig and 
stock-raising, in which he has been successful. Mi-. Herron lias never 
before held other than local office in towiisliip and on school board. He 
was nuirried in Louisa county, Iowa, in January. 1874, to Miss Eliza C. 
Johnson, and has two sons. His post-office is Orchard, Nebraska. 



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\V. II. IIOGRKFE. 

Williuiii Henry llogrefe, Representative from the First Distriet, Rich- 
ardson county, was horn near Hanover, (Tcnnany, June 18, 1852. When 
seventeen years old he came to America with two brothers and located in 
Missouri, where his education was tinished in the i^ublic scliools. lie 
came to Nebraska in 188:5 and located at St(dla and there engaged in the 
mercantile business which has been his occupation for the past thirty years. 
Mr. lloo-refe is also interested in farming, being the owner of two farms 
near Stella, and is a director in the Stella Rank. 

Mr. Hogrefe is a Repul)lican. He was married to Miss P^ffie M. Mar- 
tin in 1877, at Corning. Missouri, and lias a family consisting of one son 
and two daughters. He has never held otlice before, except of minor 
character, and is now serving his first term in the House. 



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J. G. Holliet, Ke))re8entative from the Thirtieth District, Lancas- 
ter county, was born in Richmond, Indiana, in 184o. He received 
his education in the common schools and then engaged in farming in his 
native state. In 188V he came to Nebraska and settled at Denton, where 
for seVen years he was engaged in farming. In 18U4 he removed to 
Ilavelock and opened a hotel, the conducting of which has been his busi- 
ness since then. Mr. Holliet has been a Republican all his lifetime but 
has never before held ofhce. He was married in 1872 to Miss Clara I. 
Nichols, and has a family of one son and one daughter. 



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( MAKI.KS II. IldV. 

Clinrks II. Hoy, of Silver Crock, Ixcprcseiitative from tlie Thirty-ninth 
District. Polk county, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, July 2, 186.'5. 
At the auc of six he removed with his parents to Saiii^amon county, Illi- 
nois. Aftei- a residence there of two years the family again removed to 
Polk county, Nebraska, where his father took u]) land under the Timber 
Culture Act. Here he attended school in winter and woiked on his father's 
farm in the summer. In 1892, feeling the need of a better education, 
he attended the Fremont Normal school, from which he graduated in the 
l)usiness and also in the teacher's course. After tiiis he taught school for 
a time, ])Ut gave uj) school teaching and went to farming again, at which 
oc(ui|)ation he is now engaged. He was a member of the Legislature in 
1901, representing the sanKMlistricl which he now re])resen1s. He is a 
Poiiulist. 



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CIIAKLKS IirXTKFw 

Charles lluntor, Ixopreseiitative iroiii llie Fdity-foiirtli District, com- 
posed of Webster county, was l)(>in in ( )lii(). Marcli 1-2, IH.")!. When a 
cliild his parents removed to Darlington, Wisconsin, where he _<,n-ew to 
manhood and received his education in the common schools. In June, 
187'2, he came to Nebraska and took uj* a homestead in Webster county 
and farmed until 1888, when he commenced in business at Inavale, 
Nebraska, as grain dealer and stock-feeder and shipper. This he continues 
and also conducts a general store in the town. lie is extensively engaged 
in farming and has a thousand acres of land, the greater part of which is 
well cultivated. He has never before held any ofhce, other than that of 
supervisor of his own county and ))recinct and school oftices. He is a 
Kepublican, and has always taken a lively interest in party affairs. Mr. 
Hunter was married in 1872 to Josephine I. Smith, and has a family ol 
one sou and two daughters. 



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FKAXIv .1AHXKI>. 

Fi-aiik Jaliiiel, l\('i»rt'seiitativr Iroiii tlie F^leveiith District, AVashiiigton 
county, is a native of Ilolstein, Geiinany, M'liere he was born tifty-one 
years ago, and where he received a liberal educaticni. In 1873 he came to 
Nebraska, and four years latei- settled in Washington county, three and 
one-half miles southeast of Kennard, where he commenced farming, in 
which vocation he has l)een highly successful, now being the owner of 680 
acres of rich Washington county land, whicli holdings represent what he 
has accomplished since coming to America, his capital upon his arrival in 
Nebraska consisting mainly of good health and a determiuation to work 
and succeed. Mr. .lahnel, for three terms, was a member of the Wash- 
ington County Boai'd, serving in that capacity when the elegant court- 
house at Blair was built. Mr. .Tahnel has always l)een active in agricul- 
tural matters, and is an extensive feeder and grower of cattle and hogs. 
For some years he has been the appraiser of the German Mutual Fire 
Insurance Association of Washington county, lie has always been a 
worker in the Republican ranks. Kcjiresentative .lahnel was married in 
1870 to Bertha Munstci-, also a native of (ierniany, and has a family 
consisting of foui- sons and lour daughtei's. His post-oHice address is 
Blair, Nebraska. 



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,1. S. .lOlIXSON. 



John S. Jolmsoii, Representative from the Sixty-tliird District, Phelps 
county, was born in Smohand, Sweden, September t>, 1855. He received 
liis elementary education in his native country and in Henry county, 
niinois, to which })lace his family emigrated in lyOit. Jn 1887 he came 
from Hlinois to Phelps county and located on the farm which is his pres- 
ent home and where he has continuously lived since settling in the state. 
Representative Johnst)n, for three terms, was a county supervisor of 
Plielps county, and was a member of tlie 26tli Session of the Nebraska 
Legislature, serving in the lower house. March 9, 1880, he married Miss 
Alice C. Johnson, of Henry county, Illinois, and has a family consisting 
of two sons and four girls. In 191)2 he was elected to tlie i)resent l^egis- 
lature on the Fusion ticket. His post-otHce address is Funk, Nebraska. 



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CASS .lOXKS. 

('ass Jones, Keprescntative I'rom tlie First District. Kiclvardsoii comity, 
was born in Fulton county, Illinois, October 28, 184-2. He was educated 
in the common scliools, spent his boyhood days on a farm, and has been a 
farinei- ever since. When he was a child his parents removed to Kansas, 
where he o-rew to manhood. In April, 18()l,he enlisted as a ]>rivate in 
the 2(1 Kansas Cavalry, at Leavenworth, and soon was transferred to the 
2d Nebraska. Upon tiic expiration of liis tciin of enlistment, in Novem- 
ber, 1863, he was discharu'cd, and then entered tlie service of the govei-n- 
ment as a wagon-master, and dii-ected the removing of su]))>lies from 
Omaha and Fort Kearney until ISii."). In iscd he settled on section :;ii, 
Kulo 'i'ownship. Kiciiardson county, and slill resides on this section. lie 
has been successful as a farnier an<l is now the owner of nearly two sections 
of land in iiis home ti>wnsliiii. lu-preseiitat i ve .lones is one of the solid 
standbys of tiie Kepii))lican party and has never been an othce-seeker, and 
is now serving his first term in tin' House. In 18'.tr) he was married to 
Tillie Keil. and has one daughter. His post-office address is Rulo, 
Nebraska. 



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i:. \v. w. .loxKS. 

Robert W. W. Jones, Representative from the Sixth District, Otoe 
county, is one of the Republican members. He was born in London, 
Eno-land, July 1(3, 1849, and in the sjtring- of 1868 located in Nebraska. lie 
received a thorough eilucation in his native country, and for some time 
taught school in Nebraska, alternating with farming. For the past twen- 
ty-two vears he has been engaged in the mei'cantile business at Dunbar, 
Otoe county, in wliich he has been fairly successful. He was a 

Democrat for some years, leaving that party <>n account of tlie silver issue, 
and has simu' been a Republican, and wliile an ad ivc worker for his party's 
good, he has never before held ofHcc. lleprcscntat i vc Jones was married 
in 187t) to Miss Margai-et Wilson, and has an interesting family ol' foui- 
sons and one daughtiM-. 'Two oi' his children ai-c graduates from the I'ni- 
versitv of Nebraska, acailemic department, a third is a gi'aduate from 
both the academic and law courses of the same institution and thefoui'th 
is still a student in the University. 



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FRANK JO U VEX AT. 

Frank Jouvenat, Representative from the Twenty-second District, Boone 
county, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, October 29, 1855. When he 
was about twenty years of age he became a resident of Indiana. His edu- 
cation was acquired by attendance at the public schools of Knoxville and 
Knoxville College. In 1879 he removed from Indiana and settled in But- 
ler county, where he remained seven years, and then settled at Petersburg, 
in Boone county, where he is now engaged in the banking business. Mr. 
Jouvenat was a member of the '27th Session of the Nebraska Legislature. 
During the 28th Session Mr. Jouvenat is chairman of the Committee on 
Banks and Currency. He was married in November, 1880, to Miss Annie 
M. Cridei-, and has a family consisting of three sons and one daughter. 



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GEORGE C. JUNKIX. 

George C. Junkin, Representative from the Sixty-sixth District, com- 
posed of Gosper and Frontier counties, is one of tlie Republican members 
and is now serving his first term in the House. He is a native of Iowa, 
and was born at Saliiui, June i), 1858. He received his education in the 
public schools of his native state. In 188V he came to Nebraska from 
Montana, where he had lived for five years, and engaged in ranching, 
cattle-breeding and feeding in Gosper county. Mr. Junkin served as 
chairman of the Committee on Live Stock and Grazing Interests during the 
28th Session. He was married in 188.5 to Miss Emma Swinburne, of 
Delhi, Iowa, and has a family consisting of two sons and one daughter. 
His post-office address is Smithfield, Nebraska. 



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JOHN KAVEXY. 

John Kaveiiy, Rejtresentativo from the Twenty-eighth District, Butler 
(•«)nnty, was l>orn in Will county. Illinois, in April, 18ti4. In 187U, when 
he was only six yi-ars of age, his ))arents removed to Nehraska and settled 
in l>utier county. lie received his education in the jiublic schools of 
riatle townslii|( and at David Citv. Mi'. KaNcny is a farmer and stock- 
grower, lie lias served as supervisor of Platte 'J'ownshi]*, and for ten years 
has been a member of the District Scliocd Board. lie served in the -JTth 
Session <d' the Nebraska Legislature, and was re-elected in litUti on the 
Fusion ticket, receiving the support of l)otli Populists and Democrats. 
lie is one of the bacludor members of the House. His jiost-othce address 
is Liiiwood. Nel)raska. 



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.lAMl-.S A. !■. KKN N i;i>V. 

James A. C Kennedy, Uemociaru- Kepreseutalive from the Tenth Dis- 
trict, Douglas county, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, twenty-seven years 
ago. He received his early education in the Omaha public schools and 
Creighton University. When he was sixteen years of age he was obliged 
to enter the business world. lie first found emjih>yment in the First 
National Hank of Omaha as mail boy. From this position he was steadily 
advanced to that of bookkccitcr, remaining with the bank some six years. 
At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted as a private 
in Company G, -id Nebraska \'olunteer Infantiy, and was later i-om- 
missioned First Lieutenant. During his service Lieutenant Kennedy 
served as judg(- advocate of his brigade and as eomj»any conimaiider, ord- 
nance officer and commanding officer of his regiment. 

LTpon being mustered out of the service Mr. Kennedy continned the 
study of the law, which he had pursued nights, prior to his enlistment. 
He received his <legree of Baclielorof Laws at the University of Nebraska, 
and at once entered the law offices of .Montgomery <S: Hall, in Omaha He 
later became associated with T. J. .Mahonev, of Omaha, with whom he has 
since remained. Foi- so young a piactitioner Mr. Kennedy has built up a 
strong and remunerative practice. His career has been characterized 

"to the task in hand. Mr. 

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throughout by hard work and strict attention 

Kennedy is at present the secretary of the Omaha Bar Association and 

director of the Omaha Field club. He is a single man and lives with hi 

mother. 




J. W. KERXS. 

James W. Kerns, Representative from the Third District, Nemaha 
county, was born on a farm in La Salle county, Illinois, January 15, 1854. 
When he was seventeen years of a^e he came to Nebraska, and from 1871 
to 1880 resided in Omaha, and during 1880 was at Phelps, Missouri. In 
June, 1881, he became a resident of Calvert, now Auburn, wbich has been his 
home since then. For one term he was city clerk of Auburn, and served 
as mayor of the town for one year. He was one of the organizers of, and 
the first president of the tirst Independent Tele])hone company organized 
in Nebraska. He is the presi<lent of the Auburn Claiming Co. and also of 
the Aul)urn Hotel Co. For a number of years he has been engaged in the 
lumber and coal business in his home town. In 18T'.» he was married to 
Alice J. Crowley, of La Salle county, Illinois, and has a large family con- 
sisting of six sons and tiiree daughters. Mr. Kei-iis is a Re])ublican and 
is servintr his first term in the House. 



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E. H. KITTKLL. 

Evert Harris Kittell, Representative from the P^if ty-seveiitli District, 
composed of Sherman county, was born November 14, 1856, at Shabbona 
Grove, Illinois. His early schooling advantages were what was afforded 
by the district schools of his native place. He was a registered pharma- 
cist for four years in Illinois and Iowa. In 1882 he I'emoved to Nebraska 
and secured a farm near Roekville, in Sherman county, and at present is 
engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has served as supervisor of his 
county and two terms as county clerk. He is a Populist. This is his first 
term in the Legislature. Mr. Kittell was married in 1889 to Miss Eva 
Callen, and has two sons. His post-office address is Roekville, Nebraska. 



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OSCAR KXOX. 



Oscar Knox, Representative from the Fifty-eighth District, Buffalo 
county, was born at Shannondale, Indiana, May 20, 1870. He was reared 
on a farm and was afforded the advantages of a good common school edu- 
cation, whicli was commenced in liis native state and finished in the schools 
of Buffalo county, in which county his ]iarents settled in September, 1879, 
taking up a homestead in Odessa Township. Mr. Knox has always been 
a farmer, and owns a hundred and tw('nt\- acre farni on Wood River, one 
mile east of Riverdale. lie has lilh-d positions on tlic School Hoard and 
in his lionH-" precinct, and is now serving his lirst term as a member of the 
Nebraska Letiislature. He is a Ke|Mil)licaii. Mi-. Kno.v was married 
August 27, 18U0, to Miss Klla Z. Rogers, and has three sons and two 
daughters. His post-oilice address is Kearney, Nebraska. 



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V. W. KoKITKi;. 

Frederick W. Koetter, Representative from tiie Tenth District, Oiualia, 
Douglas county, was born in Germany in 184t). He was educated in the 
schools of his native country, and at tlie age of fourteen was apprenticed 
in the cabinet-making trade. Wlien he was twenty-one he entered the 
Prussian army and served throughout the Franco-] 'russiaii war. In 1879 
he came to America and located at Omaha, where he lias made iiis home 
since then. Mr. Koetter has been active in Union Labor circles and is a 
prominent member of Carpenter's Union No. 4-27, of Omaha. He has 
never before held office. He is a Republican. He was married in 1878, 
and has a familv consisting oi wife and two sons. 



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(iKOKCl'; 1.. l.ooMIS. 



(Teorge L. Loomis. Re|»resentalivt' I'roiii tlie Foiirteeutli l)istri(*t,I)o(lge 
comity, was boni in C'liautauqua county, New York, Hfty-tliree years aa^o. 
The ancestors of Mr. Loomis came to this country more than one hundred 
and fifty years ago, and his great-great grandfathers, both |)aternal and 
maternal, were sohliers in the Revolutionary war. One saw General 
Israel Putnam make his famous ride for life, and was also pi-esent at the 
hanging of Major Andre. Ilis grandfather was an officer in the War of 
1812. The youthful days of Mr. Loomis were spent upon a farm and in 
attendance at the district schools. He commenced the study of law in the 
office of Barlow & (ireen, Jamestown, Xt vv York, and later entered the 
law department of Union University, Albany, New \ Ork, fiom which he 
was graduated in jVLiy, 1875, with the degree of LL. !>., and was admit- 
ted t(» pi-actice in the Supreme Court of New York. lie located in Fre- 
mont, Nebraska, in August, IcSTii, where he has sini-e been in active and 
highly successful practice of his ])rofession. For two tci-ms he was city 
attorney of Fremont, was county attorney of Dodge county two terms, 
served as member of the Board of Kdiication three terins and is now serv- 
ing his second term in the Legislature. lie is a Democrat. 

Representative Loomis is an Otld Fellow of national standing, having 



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held all the offices in the gift of the Order ic this state and served for eight 
years as Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge. He is 
somewhat interested in banking, having ])el|iO(l oro:anize the Coniniercial 
National Bank and Home Savings Bank of Fremont, and served as direc- 
tor in each since tlieir organization. Kejiresentative Loomis was married 
July 21, 1880. to Alice i\I. Iladley, of Hillsdale, Michigan, and has a fam- 
ily of six children, five sons and one daughter. 




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(i. ('. MC AI,I,1STKK. 

G. C. McAllister, Representative from the F'ifty-fonrth District, was 
born in Marion county. West ^"irginia, December 28, 1856; Scotch-Irish 
descent; father Pennsylvanian, mother ^"irginian, botli living: in Marion 
county. West A'irginia. The first school he attended was the first free 
school in West ^'irg•inia. He attended school three months each year 
until eighteen years old: came to Illinois in 1878 and worked on a farm; came 
to ^sebraska in 18S1 and worked on the farm of Hon. John M. Brockman, 
of Ricliardson county; in 1882 and 1888 attended school at \'alj»arais(), 
Indiana; came back to Nel)i'aska in 188-1 and taught school nine years; 
homesteaded in Lincoln (H)unty, Xel)raska; graduated from the law 
department of the State University in 18U + ; taught school one year; came 
to North Platte in 18!io and tried to engage in the ]>ra.ctice of the law; 
came to (^happell in 18'.i7, and in May, 18!»7, was appointed county 
attorney to till vacancy. Has been twice elected witliout opposition. Was 
the first in the state to institute tax forecdosure proceedings without county 
treasurer\s certificate. Re])resents more acres than any otlier representative 
in the state; district consists of nine c(tiinties, Lincoln, Cheyenne and Keith 
counties and the t«'rritory west of Logan county. 



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.loHN 11. MC(LAY, 



John TI. MeC ay. Representative from the Thirtieth District, Lincoln, 
Lancaster county, was born October 5, 1844, in West Liberty, Ohio, of 
Scottisli parentage. He received liis education in parocliial schools. When 
he was sixteen years of age he enlisted in Company G, of the 47th Illinois 
\'oluiiteer Lifantry, and served from 1861 until mustered out in 1866; and 
was commissioned, in 186:5, lieutenant for meritorious service. Two years 
after leaving the army he settU'd in Lincoln, Nebraska, which place has 
since been his continuous home. He was county clerk of Lancaster county 
for four years and one of the county commissioners for three years. For 
the past five years he has been engaged in the bond and security business. 
During the Spanish-American War he served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
Third Nebraska. Li 1 StoO he was a delegate to the National Republican 
convention at Philadelpliia. He is now serving his first term in the State 
Legislature. Col. McClay was married in 1867, at Farmington, Hlinois, 
to Tryphena M. Wickwire, and has a family of children consisting of one 
sou and two daughters. 



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I>. A. Ml- crLLOCII. 

David A. McC'iillocli. Hc])rt'seiitativ(' from the Sixty-second Diptrict, 
Harlan county, is one of tlie Po]mlist mcnilicrs of the House. He was 
born in Dekorra, Coluinhia county, Wisconsin, Januaiy 24, 1856. His 
early days wei'e spent on the farm and in attendance at the common 
schools, where he acquired a lihi'ral ('ducati<»n. In March, 1878, he came 
to NeV)raska and located on a homestead on Section .'), Kange 4, IT West. 
Harlan county. In 1895 he was elected county treasurer, and in January, 
189(), removed to Alma. For eight years he served as supervisor of Har- 
lan county, and four yt'ars as county treasurer. He is a memher of the 
Masonic, the Odd Fellows and the A. (). V. W. orders. He was married 
November 2 7, 1871), to Christina Jensen, aiul has a family of eight chil- 
dren, four sons and four daughteis. His residence is in Alma, Nebraska, 
where from 1898 until December, 1902, he was engaged in the grocery 
and queensware business. 



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.loIlN MC LAIN. 



John McLaiii, Hepreseiitative from the Twciity-iiiiith Distrii-t, Seward 
eouiitv, was horn in Biogsville, Henderson county, Illinois, Xoveniber 14, 
1856. He was reared on a farm and his early days were spent at work at- a 
farmer boy and in attendance at tlie district school. Thirty years of his 
life were spent in Hlinois, and in the spriny- of lyyo he came from Ford 
county, in that state, and settled in Seward county, Xel)raska, where he 
has since made his home, ami has given his attention to fai-ming and stock 
raising. Mr. McLain has always taken a lively interest in lodge matters, 
and for the past six years has been Master of Olive Lodge No. :38, A. F. and 
A. M., of Seward. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen and 
the Woodmen of the World. He is a Republican and has l)een an ardent 
worker for his party's good, though nevei- l)efore held office, except 
that of treasurer of his township. .Mr. McLain was married in 1879 to 
to Marretta B. Taylor, a native of Perry county, Pennsylvania, and has a 
family of six children, four sons and two daughters. 



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rKTKK MAX(4()LI). 



Peter Mangold, Representative from tlie Tenth District, Douglas county, 
is of German parentage, and was born in DulHujue, Iowa, in 185."j. He 
received bis education in tbe scbools of liis native city, and in 187U 
came to Nebraska, l<)cating near Bennington, in Douglas county, 
where lie commenced farming, which iie continued successfully for eighteen 
years. In 188S, upon the building of the Elkhorii railroad aiul the found- 
ing of the town of Bennington, he built the first elevator and started the 
first store at Bennington. He was the first ]>ostmaster of that town, 
serving from 1888 until 1890. A few years ago he oi-gani/.ed the Mangold ifc 
Glandt Bank at Bennington, of which he has since been the cashiei-. Mr. 
Mangold has been highlv successful in his business enterprises, and is the 
owner of valual)lc tracts of land in Douglas county. lie has always been 
a Republican, but is now serving his tii-st term as an otficediolder. 
He was married in 1878, to Miss Mary (ilandt, and has a laniily of eight 
children, six sons and two daughters. 



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THOMAS F. MKMMIXOKR. 

Thomas F. Memminger, representative from tlie Twenty-tbird District, 
Madison county, was born at Wheeling, West Virginia, in which city he 
received his education. In 1881 he came West, hx-.ated at Clinton, Iowa, 
entered the employ of B. F. Zoeckler. After six months time became his 
partner in the pork-packing business. Their plant being destroyed by 
tire, the partnership was dissolved. In 1884 Mr. Memminger, with G. 
A. Luikhart and John S. Robinson, came to Nebraska. About this time 
the bank at Tilden was organized, with Luikhart as president and Mem- 
minger as cashier, which position he held until the fall of 1887, at which 
time'^he was elected county treasurer and held the office for two terms. 

When Wm. V. Allen was elected United States Senator Mr. Memmin- 
ger accompanied him to Washington as his private secretary. After serv- 
hio- three years in this position he resigned to re-engage in business; 
accepted an active position in the Madison State Bank, ot which institu- 
tion he had been vice-president. He was one of the organizers and is the 
president of the First National Bank of Elgin, ^ebraska. He ih inter- 
ested in farming; was a member of the School Board when living at Iihlen; 
is at present serving his second term as mayor of the City ot Madison; 
served in the State^Legislatnre during the 2Gth Session. He was elected 
to the present Legislature by botli the Democrat and the Peoples Inde- 
pendent parties. He was married to Miss Margaret J. burrows in 1890. 
They have two children, Martha and Charles. 

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J. K. MKXDKNIIAI.L. 



Joseph E. Mendeiihall, Representative froiu the Thirty-fourth District, 
Jefferson county, is one of the numerous farmers and stockmen who 
occupy seats in the House during the 28th Session, and is now serving his 
second term. lie was born in llicliniond, Indiana, October l;j, 185(J, and 
received his education in tlie schools of his native state. In 1895 he 
came from Indiana ami purchased a farm near Fairbury, where he now 
resides, and is engaged in stock-raising and farming. Mr. Menden- 
hall, for four years, was sheriff of Jefferson county, elected on the 
Republican ticket, and by his party was nominated and elected to 
his present office in the fall of 1902. He is married and has a family con- 
sisting of wife and two sons. His j>ost-<>rtice address is Fairbury, 
Nebraska. 



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WILLIAM MKKAr>ITU. 

William Meradith, Repre.seatative from the Thirty-eighth District, 
York county, is one of the Republican members of the Mouse. He was 
born in Warren county, Illinois, February 18, 185 1. Like the average 
son of a farmer, his youthful (biys were s[)ent at work during the summer 
months, with the o)>portunity of attending the district schools during the 
winters, and thus was develoj)ed his physical and mental qualities. In 
April, 1879, he came to Nebraska, and settled on a farm in York county, 
which is still his home and where he has been successful in agricultural 
and stock-growing pursuits. For eight years he served as a member of 
the York County Board of Supervisors. He has never been much of a 
politician, but alwa} s a good American citizen, and it was without his 
solicitation that he was nominated by his party for the office which he 
now holds and his nomination was equivalent to an election. Mr. Mera- 
dith was married June 9, 1872, to Miss Missouri Walker, and has a 
family of four children, three sons and one daughter. His post-office 
address is York, Nebraska. 



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>. r. MIKKSKLL. 



Simon P. Mikesell. l^eju'eseiitative from tlie Eighteenth District, Dixon 
county, was burn June 14, 184!», in the State of Pennsylvania. He 
received a collegiate education in Pennsylvania college, from which he was 
graduated in 186:1. Immediately afterwards he enlisted in the army as 
a private, and in 1804 was transferred to the War Department, where he 
was a clerk in the Ordnance office during the years 1864 and 186.i. In 
1 866 he came to Nebraska, and three years later entered the mercantile 
business at Ponca, which place has since been his home. Representative 
Mikesell is a Democrat and is serving his first term in the House. He was 
elected in a district which gave J. J. McCarthy, for Congress, a large 
majority. Mr. Mikesell was married in May, 1868, to Kate M. Hugh, and 
has a family consisting of three sons. 



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KDtiAK M. MdRSMAX, JR. 

Edgar M. Morsiiian, Jr., Representative from the Tenth District, from 
Doii2:las county, was born at Omaha, Nebraska, on the 24th day of Sep- 
tember A. I). 1873. His early education was obtained iu the public 
schools of his native city, wliere, in June, 1889, he graduated from the 
High school, the youngest of his class, which was composed of some fifty 
boys and girls. The following fall he entered the literary department of 
the University of Michigan, at which University he received thedegree of 
Bachelor of Philosophy. After completing his literary studies, Mr. Mors- 
man determined to follow a profession, and decided upon the law as the 
profession for which he was best fitted. Graduating from the law depart- 
ment of the University of Michigan iu June, 189."), he returned to Omaha 
and became associated with his uncle, Mr. W. W. Morsman, one of the 
ablest members of the Nebr.Tska bar. Mr. Morsman has paid close atten- 
tion to his profession, and has met with a success that comes only from 
hard and industrious work. In June of 1901 Mr. Morsman was married, 
and lives in a comfortal)lc honu^ in his native city, where he expects to 
devote his life to the practice of his profession. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican, but has never before held ottice. 



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.lUll-N K. MUSICR (DECKASED. ) 

John R. Musick was Lorn in L(><;an county, Illinois, December 8, 1846. 
He received bis education in the common scbools of his state. In 1864 be 
enlisted in Company B, 2d Illinois cavalry, and served until the close of 
the war. Early in life be became a member of the Christian church, in 
which be was an active worker until his death. lie became a resident of 
Nebraska in February, 1880, locating near P^dgar, in Nuckolls county, 
where he commenced farming and stock-growing, in which he was suc- 
cessful. When Populism broke out in Nebraska Mr. Musick was the 
Republican candidate for county treasurer of Nuckolls, but was defeated. 
In 1894 he was the Republican nominee for State Representative, but was 
defeated, and in 1902 was elected in his district, the Forty-third, by 125 
majority. He was stricken with paralysis on January 2, 1903, and died 
the following day. Thi-ougliout the session of the Legislature his vacant 
chair was draped in mourning. Mr. Musick was married August 28, 
1867, to Miss Frances Y. Richaids, who survives him with three sous and 
two dauirhters. 



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X. M. NKLSOX. 

Neil M. Nelson, Representative from the Nineteenth District, composed 
of Cedar and Pierce counties, is a native of Denmark. He was born 
March 18, 1855. In 1802 his parents emigrated to Nebraska and settled 
at Omaha, where they remained until 1809, when they removed to Stanton 
county. Mr. Nelson received his education in the schools of Omaha and 
the pioneer sod schoolhouse, near his old home in Stanton county. In 
the latter part of the seventies, he taught school for a number of terms. 
In 1881 he went to Phxinview, Nebraska, where he has since resided, and 
there became manager of a lumber yard for Mr. Willian Ragan, and hvter 
for Ilolbrook & Frees. In 1883, with F. E. Baxter, he engaged in the 
hardware and implement business. In 1885 his father bought the 
interests of Mr. Baxter and a few years later N. M. Nelson became the 
sole owner of tlie business which he conducted until January 1, 1902, 
when he sold out. For eight years Mr. Nelson was justice of the peace 
at Plainview and for fifteen years was either director or treasurer of the 
village school, and for a down years, or until he refused to serve longer, 
he was a member of the village board. Mr. Nelson was married Decem- 
ber 2-t, 1882, to Miss Lydia A., daughter of I. Howell, of Neligh, 
Nebraska. Six chihlren liave ])een born to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, live of 
whom are living. 



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WII.I.IAM T. NKLSON. 

William T. Nelson, one of nine Representatives from the Tenth District, 
comprising Douglas county, was bom in Kirkwood, Illinois, in 18G2. lie 
was educated in Monmouth College and studied law in the University of 
Kansas. In 1889 he located in Omaha and commenced the practice of 
law. Finding many opi»ortunities for study and i-esearc h in the lihraries 
of the city, he followed his natural inclinations for writing. His digest of 
Nebraska Reports was pul)lished in 1892 and a supplement of the same 
in 1897. His Hi-st law book was a treatise on divorcH' and separation, pub- 
lished in Chi(-ago in 189;"), and is now used in all the states. Later he was 
employed to wn-ite various articles for tlie ^Vinerican and English Encyclo- 
paedia of Law, one of the greatest legal publications of tlie day. Now he 
devotes his entire time to the pi-actice of law. 

He was married in i88-'5 to Miss Minnie L. (iowdy, a college mate, 
who has been an al)le assistant in his literarv work. 

Mr. Nelson has never sought nor held a public office before, but has 
always taken an interest in state politics and in municipal affairs. 



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KRN'KST n. PERRY. 



Ernest Bert Perry, Representative from the >Sixty-tuiiitli Distriet, 
Furnas eounty, li'^f^ the distinction of l)eiMi; tlie youngest member in the 
House. He was horn in Haskins, Ohio, ^Vugust 11, 187(). In 188U his 
parents removed to Gosper eounty, Nebraska, where they took up a liome. 
stead. In March, 1881), they setth^d in Cambi-idge, where they still 
reside. Mr. Perry received liis elementary education in the public scliools 
and the High school of Cambridge. After completing the High st-hool 
course he entered the Tniversity of Nebraska, wiiere lie was graduated in 
the literary coui'se and then commenced the study of law in the law 
department and was graduate(l in the c'ass of 18'.t!», with the degree of 
LL. B. While in attenchince at the rnivei-sity Mr. Peri-y was chosen one 
of three students to represent Nebraska against Kansas where there were 
over sixty competitors. iVftei- being admitted to the bai', he I'eturned to 
liis hometown and there has since Ixh ii in the practice of his profession. 
Representative Perry is hohling his Hi'st term of ofHce and is the chairman 
of the Committee on Miscellaneons Subjects. 



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.KtSKl'lI H. IIAMSKV. 



Joseph II. Ramsey, Representative from the Thirty-secoiul District, 
Gage county, Nebraska, was horn .lamiary 81, 1843, in Washington 
county, Missouri. When two years of age his ])arents removed to Davis 
county, Iowa, then to Appanoose county, where he was educated in the 
pioneer schools of the time. lie was reared on a fai-m, and upon the 
breaking out of the Civil War enlisted in Company I, -Ul Iowa Cavalry, 
and was four years in the service, nine months of which tinie he was con- 
fined in Andersonville pi-ison. After the close of the war he returned to 
Iowa, and in 1808 removed to Taylor county, and there remained until the 
spring of 1880, when he came to Nebraska and located in (lage county, 
where he purchased land, and since has been actively engaged in farming 
and stock raising. His farm consists of 464 acres. Mr. Ramsey is a 
Republican. lie is now serving liis first term in the Legislature, as well 
as his first term in any public otVice. He was married Mart-h 4, 18(34, to 
Miss Sarah .1. Evans, and has a family consisting of four sons and one 
daughter. His home is near Filley, Nebraska. 



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CHARLKS ('. REEI>. 

Charles C. Reed, representing the Fourth District in the House, was 
born August 31, 1854, in Portage county, Ohio. When he was five years 
of age his parents removed to Nebraska, first locating at Wyoming, 
where they remained fourteen years and wliere he received his education in 
the district scho(d. He then removed to Sterling, Nebraska, where he 
remained until 1887, when he located at \'esia, Johnson county, his pres- 
ent home. Mr. Reed has been, from his early manhood, engaged in the 
mercantile business, and has a large general merchandise store at Vesta. 
He is one of the large landholders of Johnson county, and is an extensive 
dealer in real estate. Me has never before held ofiice, though 

he has been an earnest worker in the ranks of thi' Republican party. He 
was married in 1875 to Miss (Hara Perkins, and has one son and four 
daughters. He is one of the "common-sense" members of the House and is 
chairman of the Roads ajid Biidges committee, and is also a member of the 
Committees on Telegraph and Telephone, Manufacturing and Commercial, 
and Banking and Currency. 



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( I KII^ \\'. HIHP.I.E. 

Curtis W. Ribble, Representative from tlie TliirtY-tirst District, Saliae 
county, was l>oi-n in Fountaingreen, Hancock county. Illinois, November 
13, 185fi. In early boyhood his parents removed to Knox county. Illinois, 
and there his education was tinished in the colleo^e at AV)inL!:<lon. In 18Ts 
he catne to Nebraska and locatc'(l on a I'ai-ni near Swantoii, in Saline 
county. 'I'his farm, for three years, he cultivated durint;- the summer 
months, and durinjj: the winter tim(> taui^ht scliool. In J8S1 he became a 
resident of DeWitt. which ])lace has since been his home, and where he 
has V)een most of the time ens^aged in the mercantile an<l bankinjj; business. 
Mr. Ribble has taken a lively interest in educational affairs, and for many 
years has served as a member of the Scluxd Hoard, and has also been one 
of the \'illage Trustees. He is an active secret and fraternal society man. 
He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, the A. O. F. W. and the 
Royal Ilighlandei- lodges. 1 le is married and lias a familv consisting of 
three (laughters. Representative l^ibble is a Kepublicaii. 



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James H. Riggs, Rein-t'scntMtive Iroiii \hv 'IVnth District, Douglas 
county, was l)orn in llenry county, Iowa, in 18.")8. He received his edu- 
cation in the jMihlic schools of Iowa, and early in life learned the }»rinter's 
trade. In April, ISSU, he located at O'Neill, Nebi-aska, and set type on 
the first newspaper of Holt county. The Holt County Record. The fol- 
lowing. July he assisted \V. D. .Matthews to estahlish The Frontier in the 
same town, and later became a partner of (t. M. Cleveland in publishing 
'The Holt County lianner. In the s)»ringof 1884 tlie lianiicr was consoli- 
dated with the Frontier under the name ol' the lattei'. :uid by purchase of 
Mr. Matthews" interest a year later, .Mr. Kiggs became its sole owner. In 
1892 he disposed of his interests to Mr. .Matthews, having been appointed 
postmaster of O'Neill the vear previous, a position he held until the 
spring (d' [X'.Kk when he i-emi>ved to Randolph. Cedar county, and again 
resumed work in the news|)apei' biisiiu'ss. In May, 18!i(i, he went to Fre- 
mont, Nebraska, and resided lhei-e for three years, then located at Water- 
loo and l)ecame t he owner of tiie Ga/ette at that place. In I'.Hiu he pur- 
chased a list of papers juiblished at \'alley, and at the present time is the 
publisher (d' the (J iz -tte and also of editions for Klkhorn, Millard, Klk 
City and lienningtoii, all in the western pai-t of Douglas county. .Mr. 
Riggs is a Re|)ublican. On July 2."i, 1889, he was married to Henrietta 
Kimball, a native of Springfield, Illinois, and has a family consisting of 
one son and two daughters. 

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AV. E. ROBBIN'S. 

William E. RoV)l)ins, Representative from the Thirty-second District, 
Gage county, is a native of Iowa, born in Mills county, November 18. 
1870. His childhood days were |»assed on the farm and in attendance at 
the jtublic schools. After leaving the public schools, for two years he 
attended the Western Iowa Normal College, at Shenandoah, from which he 
was graduated in \^H'->\ then entered Tabor C(dlcge ;ind took a two yeais 
course. In February, 1891, he came to Nebraska, settled in Gage county, 
where he has sinc(^ been a farmer. Mr. Robbins is a Republican. He 
has never before held office except that <»f township clerk, which position 
he held four years. He is the chairman of the CUtmmittee on Other 
Asylums; is also a nu^mber of other committees of the House. He was 
married at Malvern, Iowa, December 22, 1891, to Miss Naniui Norton. 
His home and post-office address is (yortland, Nebraska. 



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JitSKl'M II. ROBERTS. 

Joseph II. Roberts, Representative from the Fourteenth District, com- 
posed of Dodge county, is a native of Great Britain, hovu in County Corn- 
wall in 1855. He went to school tlierc till he was fourteen years old. At 
that age, when a mere bt)y, he availed liimself of an opportunity to come 
to America, lie came to Warren, Illinois. There he continued his 
efforts to get an education. lie went to school in the winter ai\d worked 
on a farm in the summer time. In 1881 he t-ame to Nebraska. Me 
bought a farm five miles west of Hooper, Dodge county, which he culti- 
vated during the following two years. The four succeeding years he 
traveled through the West, as far as the Pacitic coast, as agent for a large 
horse breeding establishment. Soon after quitting this he purchased a 
farm now owned by him, about four miles east of Fremont. In 18i>8 he 
was married to Miss Emma Hicks, since which time tliey have lived on 
the farm in one of the handsomest and best kept country homes in the 
county. 

Mr. Roberts has never held but two public positions, in both of which 
he has acquitted himself with credit. lie was treasurer of Elkhorn town- 
ship three years. lie has been a member of the County Board of Super- 
visors for four years. Three years ago when the County Supervisors of 
Nebraska organized a state association he was chosen its secretary, to 
which position he lias three times been re-elected. 




(reoro'e L. Rouse is now serving liis fourth term as liepreseiitative from 
the Forty-seventh District, Hall eounty, lie is one of the Republiean 
members of the House and is a native of the ]>uckeye state, having been 
born in Ottawa eounty, Ohio, .June 17, 184(5. His early days were passed 
on a farm. 'J'he rudiment-i of his edueatiou he actjuired in the public 
schools and finished at Baldwin University and Oberlin College. For some 
years he was a school teacher in Ohio and in Illinois, and in 1872 came to 
Nebraska, jturchased a farm in Hall county, whei-e he has since been a 
farmer and sto(dv-grower. Hy iiard work and good management he has 
accumulated a comfortable comi)etency and is the owner of a farm of tUU 
acres, all of which is in a iiigh state of cultivation. h'oi- six years he was 
a member of the Hull countv l»oard, tlii'ec of which he sei'ved as chair- 
man. Representative House was one of the strong candidates for the 
S]ieakership (d' the L'Sth Session. He is one of the li.ard workers in the 
House and is serving as chaiiaiian of the Committee on Delicieiicies. 
liepi'csentat ive Rouse was mariied in 187:) to AHss S. A. Rexroad, and has 
a family of eight children, five sons and three daughlei's. His post-ofHce 
address is A Id a, Nebraska. 



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W. (;. SADDl.KR. 



William Greene Saddler, Representative from the Korty-tifth District, 
Adams county, was born in Pulaski county, Kentucky, Auoust 15, 1844. 
He was reared on a farm and received his early education in the public 
schools. In January, 1803, he enlisted in the Thirteenth Kentucky Cav- 
alry Volunteers and served until January TJ, 18(3o, when he was honor- 
ably discharged. After leaving the army he returned to Kentucky, and 
in 1875 settled in Putnam county, Indiana, on a farm, where he remained 
until September, 188H, when he located in Adams county, Nebraska, near 
the town of Juniata, wiiere he has since resided and is engaged in farming 
and in the breeding of Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. For 
seventeen years Ml-. Saddler has been a director of School District No. 
87. This is the only official position held until elected to the Legislature 
in 190-2. He is a Republican. lie was married May ;5, 1865, to Miss 
Susan C. Hale, of Kentucky, and has a family of nine children, eight sons 
and one daughter. His i)ost-office address is Juniata, Nebraska. 



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\\ILMS G. SKAKS. 

Willis G. Sears, now serving his second term as Representative from 
the Twelfth District, Burt county, was born in Ohio, August 10, 1860. 
When he was one year old his parents removed to Crawford county, Penn- 
sylvania. In 1879 he came to Nebraska and located at Tekamah. In 1882 he 
entered the law department of the Kansas State University at Lawrence. 
He then returned to Tekamah, and in 1884 was admitted to the bar. 

Representative Sears has since devoted his entire time and attention to 
his profession. For six years he was county attorney of Burt county, and 
for three terms mayor of 'J'ekamah. He served in the House during the 
27th Session, and was Si)eaker of that body. He was unanimously nom- 
inated for re-election in the fall of 1902 and was elected to the House by 
an increased majority over the vote received two years before. Mr. Sears 
lias been one of the earnest workt'rs for tlu- good of his j>arty, and is one 
of the strong men of the House, He has a family consisting of live 
children, .Maybelle, Kdward, Flora, Sigsby and Charles, who are mother- 
less, Mrs. Sears having died in May, 1902. 



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C. SHELLY. 



Thomas C. Shelly, Representative from the Tenth District, Omaha, 
Douglas county, was born of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, in Jefferson 
county, Ohio, December 27, 1843. In his youth his parents removed to 
Illinois, where he grew to manhood. Jn JStU, when he was but seventeen 
years of age, he enlisted in the 17th Illinois Infa,nti-y as a private; 
subseqently promoted to C^ai)tain for meritorious service, and placed in 
command of Company H, 1.5th Illinois, aiid sent to the frontier to tight 
Indians. In 8e|)tember, 18()o, he was mustered out of service at Spring- 
field, Illinois, and later located at Montour, Iowa, where he engaged in 
the drug business. In 187U he settled at Falls City, Nebraska, where he 
remained four years, when he went to California, and after four years 
spent there, returned to Falls City. There he served as mayor. In 1889 
he took up his residence in Omaha and organized the Shelly-Rogers Com- 
mission Co., of which he is the president. Mr. Shelly is a Republican 
and is serving his first term in the Legislature. He is the chairman of 
the Committee on Corporations. Representative Shelly was married in 
1868, to Miss Mattie E. Bell, and is the father of one child, a daughter. 
Representative Shelly is a member of the Loyal Legion, is a Knight 
Templar and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, 



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C. SCHINSTOCK. 



Christian Schinstock, Representative from tlie Fifteenth District, (.'lim- 
ing county, was born of German parentage in Lee county, Iowa, Octo- 
ber 14, 1874. lie received a good common scliool education, and when 
eiglitcen years of age came to Nebraska and settled in Cuming county, and 
for some years worked for his brotlier. He is one of the younger mem- 
bers of the House and was elected on the Democratic and People's Inde- 
})endent party ticket. He has never before held office. He is engaged in 
the live stock and grain l)usiness at West Point, which has been his home 
for the past ten years. He is a member of the firm of Schinstock Bros., 
who have l)een heavy ship)»ers of live stock, shipping more cattle to the 
South Omaha stock yards the past three years than any firm in the state. 
They feed yearly from 1,500 to 2,500 head of cattle at their feeding yards 
at West Point, and are large dealers in draft and coach horses. Repre- 
sentative Schinstock was married in 189() to Miss Katie Stelp, of West 
Point, and is the father of one child, a son. 



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w'dirriiiK siiirLKY 



Worthie Shipley, Representative from the Sixty-seventh District, com- 
posed of Hancock, Hayes, Dundy and Chase counties, is one of the Fusion 
members and is now servin<jf his first term in the House. He was born in 
Northern Indiana, in Kosciusko county, December 2, 1854. He was 
reared on a farm and received his education in the common and private 
schools. In 188;} he came to Nebraska and settled on a farm near 
Palisade, where lie still resides and is engaged in fai-ming and stock-rais- 
ing. In 1888 Mr. Shipley went to the Puget Sound country in the State 
of Washington, and remained there two years, then returned to Palisade, 
and is engaged in stock-raising and farming. Mr. Shipley is a member of 
Palisade Lodge, No. 216, A. F. and A. M., of which he is an active mem- 
ber. He was married in 188o to Miss Gertie Brandenburg, and has a 
family consisting of three sons and one daughter. Mr. Shipley's post- 
oftice is Palisade, Nebraska. 



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HERSniEL SMITH. 

Herschel Smith, Roi»i'esentative from the Thirty-third District, com- 
posed of Saline and (ia^e counties, is one of the numerous Republican 
members of the House. He was born in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, in 
1849. When he was a child his parents removed to Lee county, Illinois, 
where he spent his boyhood days on a farm and in attendance at the 
district schools. When nineteen years old he returned to Pennsylvania, 
and for some vears was engaged in railroading as engineer and fireman. 
lie came to Nebraska in 1877 and settled on a farm in Olive precinct, in 
Saline county, where he has since resided, and has given his attention to 
farming and stock-raising. Mr. Smith, while always a good American 
citizen and a Republican, never held office, other tlian county commis- 
sioner of Saline county and member of the local School Board. He was 
selected by the Republicans of (iage county for float representative and 
was elected by a large majority. He is the chairman of the (committee on 
Fees and Salaries. Mr. Smith was married in 1874 to Miss Jennie 
Cleland, and has a family consisting of three sons and one daughter. Plis 
j)ost-office address is Tobias, Nel)raska. 



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s. s. sriKU. 

Silas S. Spier, Representative from the Tiiirty-seeoml District, Gage 
eouiity, was born on a t'ariu near Canaan, (■olmnbia county. New York, 
iu 184G. He received his education in the public schools and at the 
Academy in his native town. In the spring' of 1866 he came to Nebraska, 
and the following year resided at Omaha, then i-eturned East and spent his 
time in the eastern states until 1878, when he again turned towai-ds 
Nebraska, and in the spring of 1878 entered land on the Otoe Reservation, 
where he was one of the fii'st settlers and where he has since i-esided, giv- 
ing his attention to farming. He has only held townshii) offices prior to 
his election to the '28th Session of the Legislature. Re))resentative Spier 
was married in 1870 to Lucinda Oakes, of Erie county. New York, and 
has a family of three children, one son and two daughters. His politics 
ai'e Republican. His post-ottice address is Wymore, Nebraska. 



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(;kok(;k :Nr. spurlock. 

George M. Spurlock, Representative from tlie Eighth District, com. 
posed of Cass and Otoe counties, was born at PLattsmouth, Nebraska, 
April 18, 1866; son of Burwell and Isabella Davis S})urlock, the former, a 
pioneer in Nebraska in 1856 and the latter, in 1854. Representative 
tSpurlock acquired his early education in the public schools of Platts- 
mouth after which he spent three years at the University of Nebraska, 
and then entered De Pauw University at Greeiu-astle, Indiana, from which 
he was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1892. The same year he 
was admitted to practice in both Indiana and Nebraska, lie returned to 
Plattsmouth where he was associated in jyractice with Hon. R. B. 
Windham. In 18tt5 he was elected county judge of Cass county and was 
re-elected in 1897. In 1900 he was a delegate to the Republican National 
Convention in Pliiladclpliia, representing the First District of Nebraska. 
In I'JOl ht was elected to the Legislature to succeed David l>rown 
(deceased) and was re-elected in 1902. Upon retiring from the office of 
county judge Mr. S])urlock commenced tiic practice of law in Platts- 
mouth, which city is his home. Mr. Spurhx-k was married November 23, 
1898, to Miss Maybird Smith, of Maryville, Missouri, and has one son. 



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SAMTKI, STAKTZER. 

Samuel Startzer, Representative from the Ninth District, composed of 
Sarpy county, is one of the Democratic members ajid is now serving his 
second term in the House. lie was horn January 10, 1858, in Jolmson 
county, Iowa. lie was educated in the comnuui schools, and early in life 
leariu'd the butcher's trade. In .Tune, IST.",. he settled in Nebraska, locat- 
ing in Sarpy county, where he has since resided .md follows his trade. 
In 1887 he was elected one of the commissioiu-rs of Sarj.y county, and for 
three successive terms tilled the otlice of sheriff. Mr. Startzer was married 
August 17, 1882, to Caroline Kpiienbaugh, and lias a family consist iny- of 
two sons and one daughter. His home is at Papillion. 



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DKI.r.KRI' A. STKTSOX. 

Delbert A. tStetsoii, ReprescMitative from the Thirty first District, Saline 
county, is a native of Orleans county, New York, where he was born Feb- 
ruary 2, 185*7, and where he received his education. While a young man 
he came to Nebraska, and for some time was engaged in the mercantile 
business at Wilber. In 1880 he sold his business and moved onto a farm 
in North Fork precinct, Saline county, where he still makes his home. 
He has been a successful farmer, a hard worker and one who enjoys the 
truest respect of his neighbors. His ofHcial life, up to the present, has 
been confined to the school district and precinct affairs. His nomination 
by the Republican party for tlie office of Representative came to him 
entirely unsought, and liis election proved the friendship the people of 
Saline county entertained for him. He is a member of the Modern 
Woodmen of America and has taken an active interest in the welfare of 
the order. He has been always noted for his careful aiul common-sense 
reasoning and his fealty to the best interests of the people. He is a mar- 
ried man and has a family consisting of two sons and two daughters. 



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FRANK A. SWKEZY. 

Frank A. Sweezy, Kepresentutive from the F<»rtv-sixt li District, com- 
posed of Webster and Adams counties, is one of the Repiihlicaii members 
of the House. He was born in Kiverhead, Lon^- Ishind. New York, May 
18, 1856. He was educated in the schools of liis native state, and there 
took up the study of hxw and was admitted to tlie Nebraska l)ar at Sutton, 
in November, 1S7U, having arrived in the state from New York two 
mouths prior. In September, 1879, lie located in Edgar, Clay county, 
and in 1881 settled at Blue Hill, in Webster county, which place has 
since been his home. He was county judge of Webster county in 1888 
and 1889. He has been in the continuous practice of his profession since, 
coming to the state and has been successful. Judge Sweezy was married 
June 24, 1878, to Miss Attie B. Edwards, and has a family of six chil- 
dren, three sons and three daughters. 



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AVILLIAM i;. TKX EYCK. 

Wiiliam B. Ten Eyck, Represenlativp riom the Tetitli District, Omaha, 
Douglas comity, was born ill AlltMiiy, \('\v York, Marcli Jr., 1864. His 
elementary ('"lucatioii was received in tiie Albany |niblic schools, ami in 
]^H:] he was yradiiated Iroiii the All>aiiv Hovs' Acadenw. lie then 
entered riiion ('djlen-e. and later tlie An)any Law School, class of 1S86, 
and the same year was adinitled to practice by the Supreme Court of the 
Slate of New York. Imme(liately aftei- his admission to the bar, he went 
to Dulutli. Minnesota, remained tliei-e one year and in .Inly. 18S7. settled 
in Omaha, wlTndi city has since been his home and where he has been in 
the continuous practice of ins profession. Kepreseiitatiye Ten Kyc*k is a 
Republican and one of the .actiye worki-rs for his party in his home city. 
This is his first official position except that of city jirosecutor of Omaha. 
He was married .luiie 17, 189(;. to .Miss Elizabeth ("orby, of Omaha. 
Representative Ten Kyck, during the iisth Session, is serving as chairman 
of the Committee on Militia, and is also a member of the (committee on 
.Iiuliciary, the Committee on .Manufactures and C<nnnierce ami the Com' 
mittee on Revenue and ra.vation. 



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THOMPSON. 



William Townseiid Thompson, Rfpresentative from the Fortieth 
District, com[)osed of Merrick county, was born in Fennimore, Wisconsin, 
May 23, i860. His early education was acquired in the public schools 
and his studies finished at Simpson College, Jndianola, Iowa. He com- 
menced the study of law after leaving college and was admitted to the bar 
V)y the District Court of Des Moines, Iowa, in 1884. 

In 188.5 he located at Central City, ^Merrick county, and commenced the 
practice of law whicli, since then, he has followed continuously. In 1889 
he was county attorney of Merrick county; in 181)9 he served as a nu^mber 
of the lower house of the Nel)raska Legislature, chairman of Committee 
on Finance, Ways and Means, and a member of a number of other com" 
niittees during the '2(ith Session. Representative Thompson has a' ways 
been a Republican and an active factor in his district. During the i>resent 
session lie is the chairman of the A]tportionment committee, and also a 
member of the Constitutional Amendmenls committee and the Committee 
on Privih'ges and Fleet ions and .ludieiary. 

Representative Thompson was marrie(l in .Vpi'il, 188."), to Miss Flora B. 
Busselle, and has three daughters. 



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William P. Thorp, Representative from the Fourth District, composed 
of Garfield, Loup, Blaine, Thomas, Hooker, Grant, Wheeler and Greeley 
counties, was born in Clay county, Missouri, November 24, 1855. His 
early days were spent working on the farm and in attendance at the 
country school, where he received the rudiments of his education, which 
he greatly augmented by private study at home. In the spring of ISTT 
he moved to Atchison county, Missouri, and eight years later became a 
resident of Cheyenne county, Kansas, where he took up a government 
homestead and resided until the fall of 1890. lie then removed to Loup 
county, Nebraska, where he purchased land and commenced farming and 
stock raising. Later he opened a real estate office at Burwell, which he 
still continues and has done nuudi towards bringing settlers into the 
district which he represents. Foi- seven years Mr. Thorj) served as a com- 
missioner of Loup county, the only office he ever held until elected to the 
Legislature in li»02, when he was elected by the Fusionists. Mr. Thorp 
was married March 15, 1881, to Miss Mary A. Taylor, of Atchison 
county, Missouri. 'I'o this union four children were born, two of whom 
are living. Mr. Thorp represents one of the largest territories represented 
in the Mouse, 



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.1. .1. lOOI^KV. 

John J. Tooley, Representative from the Fifty-sixth District, coniposecl 
of Custer and Logan counties, is one of the Populist members of the 
House. He was born in Indiana, September 2, 1808. He received his 
education in tlie public schools of Indiana and for a few years followed 
school teaching. He located in Nel)raska in 1886 and resumed teaching, 
and subsequently took a special coui'se of study in the Fremont Normal 
School. For four years he was county superintendent of schools in Cus- 
ter county. In the fall of 1902 he was elected to his present office by 
Democrats and People's Independent party. Mr. Tooley is a member of 
the Masonic order. He was married in 1889 to Miss Nettie Wood, and 
has a family of three children, one son and two daughters. His home is 
at Broken Bow, Nebraska. 



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1. N. TKASK. 

Isaac X. Trask, Re]iivs{'iitutiv(' t'l-oin tlit^ Tliirty-sevciitli District, coiii- 
posed of Fillnioi'c county, was boni in Coliinilxis (ii-ovc. Oliio, .Iiinc 21, 
I806. He attended tlic pulilic schools until he was seventeen yeai's of age, 
after which lie took a course in the Ada (()hio) Imsiness college. lie was 
reared on a farm, and this has been his occupat ion all his lil'etinie. .Vfter 
leaving l)usiness college he was a t'arnu'i- in ()hio until the spring of 18711. 
when he removed to Fillmore coiinlv, Nel)iaska, and located on a farm 
near (ireneva, where he has heen engag( d in farming and stock raising 
since then. .Mr Trask was married in ()hio, in l.sTT, to .Miss Amelia 
Fravert, and has two children, one son and one daughtei'. His ])ost-ofHce 
address is (Teneva, Xehi-aska. .Mr. Ti'ask was elected to the Legislature 
by Democrats and Fopulists. 



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.((IIIN .1. VI.ASAK. 

Jolin J. Vlasak, re]>reseiitiiig' the 'rweiity-sevciitli District in the House, 
was born in Siehov, Bohemia. October 1-2, ISdS. In IsTl liis parents 
came to this country and settU'd in Saiin(U'rs county, Nebraska. His youth 
wad beset with pioneer hardships, and when he was oidy seven years of 
ao-e, durino- tlie summer montiis, it was necessary tliat lie work as a farm 
helper to assist in the support of liis father's family. He attended school 
durino- the winter months until he was fourteen years old. Left fatherless 
at an early ao-e, the care of the home farm devolved upon him. When he 
was eiij;hteen years old he left home, and for a nninber ol' years worked as 
a clerk in oeneral merchandise stores of different jdaces. From ISyj 
to 181HJ he was manager of a general store at Morse Hlutf. In the spring 
of 18U8 he took charge of his brother's store at I'ragiie, N( braska, and 
in the fall of the same year bought the hai-dware, implement and coal 
business of F. Secor. August 1, 1902, he fornuMl a partnership with his 
brother under the name of .1. J. \'lasak ct Co. Mr. N'l.isak was in;irried 
November 2t), 18!»4, to Miss Anna Worka, of North Hend, Nebraska, and 
has a family of three children, seven, four and one year old res].ecti vely. 
He was village trustee of Prague for one year and for three years was vil- 
iMge treasurer. Mr. Vlasak is a member of the A. F. aiul A. M . and 
Modern Woodmen of America lodges. 



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]:ZKA M. WAHIXc;. 

Ezra M. Waring is now serving his second term as a member of the 
lower House. He was born in Steuben county, New York state, August, 
1848. He left his birthplace with his parents when he was seven years of 
ao-e. He was reared on a farm and received his early education iu the 
public schools of Hlinois and Iowa. When a young man he removed to 
Iowa and resided there until 1880, when he settled on a ranch in Holt 
county, and commenced farming and stock growing. Mr, Waring served 
for two terms as a member oF the Board f)f County Commissionei's of 
Holt county. He was elected to the 27th Nebraska Legislature by the 
Democrats and the Peoples' Independent party, and was re-nominated and 
re-elected by the same parties in 1902. Mr. Waring has hosts of friends 
among the members, regardless of political complexion, and is one of the 
genial, wliok'-souled members wiio takes deliglit in work. He was mar- 
ried August li>, 1878, to Miss Jeaiiie Bruce, and to them four children 
have been born, two sons and two daughters, of which three children are 
livim>-, the eldest son dving at the age of eleven years. 



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Charles Joseph Warner, re|»resentiii<i;- tlie Thirtieth District, Lancaster 
county, Nebraska, was born in the district which he represents, his birth- 
place being near Waverly, in Kock Creek Precinct, where he first saw the 
light of (lay on the 29th day ol" March, 187.>, and his birtli-place has since 
been his resilience. After completing the piil)lic school courses 
he spent two years at Luther Academy, Wahoo, Nel»raska, and then 
entered the University of Nebraska, from wliicli he graduated in 181>9. 
He entered the law department of the same institution in r.H)(j. In 1901 
he served as a member of the J^egislature, and was re-elected in 1902. 
During the winter of 1902 he studied law at the Coktmbian University, 
Washington, D. C, and for some time was emph)yed in tlie office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, lie has the distinction of being the second 
youngest member of the House, and the fact that he received a majority 
of 2,378 votes in his district in 1902 is evidence that his youthfulness is 
over-balanced by the services he rendered his constituents. Mr. Warner 
is one of the bachelors in the House. 



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Charles John Weborg, Re]iroseiitative from the Sixteenth District, com- 
posed ot Thurston couiitv. was l)orii in Kisa. Osterjj^otten, Sweden, 
November s. 18-")5. lie received a thorouuli edncation in liis native coun- 
try. In 1874 he einii;rate(l to Americii and h)cated in Henry county, 
Illinois, where, for twelve years, he worked at fai-minsj:. In 18S() he loca- 
ted near Pender, Nebraska, in the Log-an \'alley, where he ai-cjuired land 
and commenced farniinn-, which he has since successfully carried on. Ilia 
land holdinii^s in)W consist of nearly a section of land, almost all of which 
is in a hiijh state of cultivation. He is a breeder of Hereford cattle and 
Duroc ho<rs, antl is an extensive feeder of sto(d<. He has always been a 
Ke|)ublica,n, but has never Ixd'ore held any other than local ottices. lie is 
married and has a family consisting of a wife, Hve sons and one daughter. 
His j>ost-ottice address is Pender. 



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DK. \V. II. WILSON. 

William H. Wilson, Rei)resentative from the Secniid Disrirt, com- 
posed of Pawnee county, was horn in the north of Ireland, .Inly '-'4, 1856. 
When a child, his parents removed to America and settled on a farm in 
Illinois. When he was ten years of age they removed to .Jefferson 
C(.nnty, Iowa, and settled on a farm Dr. Wilson received his early 
edncation in the district schools and high schools of Iowa. After leaving 
High school for a few terms he devoted himself to teaching. He then 
entered the college of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago, from which 
he was graduated March IJ. 1884. In .June of the same year he located 
at Table Rock, Nebraska, where he has since resided and has been suc- 
cessful in the practice of his chosen profession. He has been president of 
the Board of Education of Table Hock for nine years, and has served two 
terms as a member of the Republican State Central committee. Dr. 
Wilson was married May 28, 1885, to Miss Phoebe Campbell, and has two 
dauorhtevs. 



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Arthur 1). Allen, I'l-ivatc Secretary to (TovcriKtr Joliu 11. Mickey, was 
Itoni ill Tiskilwa, Uureau couiily, Illinois, February 4, 1S(U. He ac(iuire(l 
his early education in the public schools of his native town, and also in 
tlie schools of C'hicag-o. lie came to Nebraska in Ajiril. IST'.i ;^iid for a 
number of years resided with his parents on a i'arm near 'i'ecumsidi, in 
Johnson county. During the wintei- nn>nths, there being hut little to do 
on the farm, he taught school in one of the neighboring districts ami was 
so employed for ten years. He then m ivtM] to Tecumseh and for two 
years was engaged in the implenuMit business. In Fel)ruary, 181)1, he 
bought an inter(>st in the Tecumseh Chieftain, and for twelve years occu- 
pied the editorial chair. Since ari-iving at his majority Mi-. Allen h.as 
always been an active factor in politics. lie has served two terms as a 
member <>{' the Republican Congressional committee of the First Con- 
gressional District, was (diainnan of the last convention (d' said district, 
was secrelarv <>• tiie last slate convention and serve(l during the 
recent campaign as secretary of the llepiil)licaii Slate committee. In 
his home town he serve<l many years as a member of the Hctard <>[' 
Education and tilled numerous other positions t<l' a similar (diaracter. He 
was a|»pointed private secretary to the (ioxcrnor, .lanuary S, l'.Mj;5. Mr. 
Allen was married September i', ISDI, to .Miss Nellie W. Ingersoll. at 
'l\'cumseh, and they \\:i\c a family of two (diildreii, a son and a daughter. 

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K. S. AriCKKV. 

Evan S. Mickey, Chief Clerk to Governor Mickey, was born at Osceola, 
Nebraska, January 26, 18'74. He received his education in the i)ublic 
schools of Osceola and in Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, from 
which he was graduated in 18i»it, with the degree of Ph. B. Tlie year 
after his leaving college he traveled in Europe, spending some time in 
Great Britain and visiting all the important points on the continent. Mr. 
Mickey began his business career at an early age, ])ecoming a clerk in his 
father's bank when he was a sclioo! boy and was advanced to assistant 
cashier, spending the greater part (d' half a dozen years in the banking- 
business. For the past two years he, in (•(unpaiiy with his brotliei' II. A. 
Mickey, inajiaged a cattle ranch in which he owns a half intei-est in Keva 
Paha county. He was man-ied dune 24. li»()2, to Miss Jessie Carson, a 
grand-daughter of Ex-governor Boies, of Iowa. He was appointed chief 
clerk by his father. Governor Mickey, in Januai-y, UXJ^. 



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C. (". HUSTED. 

Christian CMiiwson Hasted, Keciirdcr of tlie (Tovenior's ottice, was born 
in Denmark, July 19, 1848. He received a classical education in the 
colleges of Cupenhaoen, and in 1872 came to America and settled in 
Omaha, where he became the editor of the Danish Pioneer, a position he 
held until 1884. He then removed to Syracuse, Nebraska, where he 
. enyao-od in the furniture bu.siness. In 1891 he was appointed to the office 
which he now holds and has since ]>een coutiiniously in this position. Mr. 
Husted is a K('])ublican and during his residence in Syracuse, held different 
minor township offices. In 1877 he was married, in Omaha, to Miss Louisa 
Jessen, and has a family consisting of three daughters. 



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(Photo taken in uniform of Captain. U. S. Army.) 
.1. 11. Cl'LVKH. 

Jacob H. C'ulver, Adjutant General, was born in Mercer county, Ohio, 
June 19, 1845. Removed to Sheboyojan Falls, Wisconsin. 1847. Eidisted 
in Company K, 1st Wisconsin l\i'giincnt as drunimer, September IT. ISdl. 
Served tlirough the term of the service and mustered out with the reii'iment, 
returning- as one of the color bearers. Attended the State I'niversity 
from 18()() to the spring of ISi;".!. Migrated to Nebraska in the suninier 
of I86U; engaged in teaching. Established the first newspaper in Miltord, 
Nebraska, in connection wnth a former classmate, II. (t. Parsons; a! ler- 
wards engaged in milling and farming. Owns a, tine stock farm and an 
interest in the Town of Milford. Was j)()stmastei- of this place eight 
years. Organ i/,e<l Troop A, Nebraska National (Tiiards. ] 887, and com- 
manded it until 18U8. Was called out in Sioux Indian war 181tl. In 18".»8 
he offered its services to the l\ S. (Tovernment and was musteied into the 
3d Volunteer Cavalry U. S. V., one of the three Hough Rider Regiments 
camped at Chickamauga until the close of the Spanish war: mustered out 
and recommissioned as captain in the 82d Infanti-y V. S. \'.;\vas in charge 
of the organization of this regiment until the arrival of Coloiud Craig; 
ordered to the Pliilippin(>s and was in active campaigns in Central Luzon; 
during one of the scouting expeditions was seri(»usly injure<l. i^•tu^nl■d 

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to the United States on leave and as soon as l)e liad sufficiently recovered 
returned to duty in the Pliili)i)»ines at;ain, entering active service, coni- 
niandinii- numerous e.\])editions against tlie insurrecto forces of General 
Muscardo and at vai-ious times served as Provost Marshal, Post Com- 
mander and superintended the cstahlishment of .Vmerican schools in the 
])rovinces where he served. 

He had four sons in the S|ianish war and three in the Philipjjines and 
all have excellent records in the war department, the oldest now being a 
commissioned officer in the regulai- army. The family have held five com- 
missions signed by President McKinley. 

Ca))tain Culver was instrumental in securing for Milford its only rail- 
road, the largest flouring mills in the state, the State Industrial Home and 
the Soldiers' Home. 

He was the Department Commander of the (4. A. R. in Nel)raska in 
1896-7 and is well known in (4. A. H. circles in many states of the l^nion. 

Captain Culver is naturally of a militai-y turn of mind, is an oi-ganizer 
and disciplinarian, promijient in the (4ran(l Aimy and Loyal Legion, a 
veteran of the S[>anish wai- and Phili]»pine insurrection. He will iittingly 
represent these different oi'gani/,ati(»ns, having served in the National 
Cnard ten or twelve years and in the recent wars in both Cavalry and 
Infantry and being well posted in modern tactics. He stands high in the War 
and Post-office Departments and made a State record for economical 
administration of the Soldiei-s' ILuiie at Milford of which he was the tirst 
Commander. 

General Culver was married in 187U to Miss Ada L. Davison, and has 
four sons and one <laughlei-. 



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(iEXKKAI. I.KONARIi \V. COI.IiY 



General Leonard W. C'(»ll)y, Ex-adjutant (General of Nebraska, was 
born in Cherry Vallej-, Ashtabula county, Ohio, August 5, 1848. Four 
years later he moved with liis jiarents to Stej)henson county, Illinois, 
where he worked on a farm near Free|)()rt. He served in the 8th Illinois 
Infantry as a private, 1803-5; was wounded in the siege at Mobile, and 
ca})tured a Confederate tiag in the chai-ge at Foi't Blakely, Alabama. On 
his return from the war he graduated from the Free])ort High school in 
1867, entering the University of Wisconsin the same year, taking the reg- 
ular classical course, and in addition thereto the militai-y and engineering 
courses, graduating in 1871 with the degrees A. B. and C. E. and the 
highest honors of his class, and a year later from the university law 
school with the degree of LL. B. After his graduation in law Mr. Colby 
went West and entered upon the practice of his profession at Beatrice, 
Nebraska. He was a Nebraska State Senator, 1877-8, and again in 1887-8, 
and served under a])pointment of I'resident Harrison as assistant attorney- 
general of the United States, 189U-8. 

On June 25, 1875, Mr. Colby was commissioned first lieutenant of infan- 
try in the Nebraska state troops, and served in the Sioux and Cheyenne 
Indian wars; in June, 187 7, he was commissioned captain of a company of 
mounted rifles, and tlie following year commanded a battalion in a 500- 



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mile march against luistile Indians in Nebraska, Wyoming and Dakota; in 
August, 188U, he was commissioned captain of the Beatrice (Guards; in 
July, 1881, he became Colonel of the 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment, 
and had command of the Nebraska state troops and six companies of 
United States regulars at Omaha during the formidable strike in March, 
1882, when tliat city was under martial law. For nine yeai-s — 1887-96 — 
General Colby held the office of l>rigadier-general, liaving command of the 
Nebraska state troops, composed of two infantry regiments, a troop of cav- 
alry and a battery, leading them into active service in the campaign of 
1890-91, during the Sioux Indian uprising. For the successful conduct of 
this campaign he received the j)ersonal congratulations of General Nelson 
A. Miles, V. 8. A., and a gold medal from the State of Nebraska for gal- 
(ant service. In July, 1894, (General Colby and his troops were again 
called into service to suppress the strike in South Omaha, NeV)raska. In 
December, 1896, lie commenced the organization of the American-Cul)an 
Volunteer Legion, with headquarters at Matamoras, Mexico; and during 
the ensuing year mustered, armed and equipped 25.000 volunteers for the 
establishment of the Cuban Republic. On June 3, 1898, General Colby 
was commissioned by President McKinley as Brigadier-general of the 
United States Volunteers to serve in the Spanish-American war. He was 
first in command at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, later at Anniston, Ala- 
bama, and in January, 1899, at Havana, Cuba, returning to Washington 
in February, when he was mustered out. 

At the close of the Spanish-American war (xcneral Colby again entered 
upon the practice of the profession of law, and on the incoming of the 
Republican state administration of Nebraska, he was apj»ointed by Gov- 
ernor Savage Adjutant-general of the state, with rank of Brigadier-general, 
from which position he retired F'ebruary 20, 1903, being succeeded l)y 
General Culver. 

General Colby has been engaged in the general practice of law in 
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Dakota, Idaho, Wyoming, Missouri, Iowa 
and western territories for the jiast thirty years, with offices at Beatrice, 
Nebraska, and Washington, D. C. In 1895 he was employed as attorney 
and legal representative at Washington, D. C., for the Creeks, Cherokees, 
Seminoles and four other Indian tribes, and obtained in suits against the 
government in their behalf nearly 55^7,000,000. 



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Edward Royse, secretary of tlie State liaiiking lioard, was l)()i-ii in 
Marion county, Iowa, March 7, 1858. He received his education in the 
public schools of his native c>,ounty and at an early age learned telegrajjhy 
and for some years was engaged in railroading as an operator and station 
agent. He came to Nebraska in 1878 and for a time was located at 
Brownville, then at Peru, and later Aurora, moving from the latter place 
to Broken Bow, in Custer county, in 1884, where he retains his residence 
and where he has been engaged in the banking business. Mr. Royse 
served as Deputy Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings 1895-90. 
In January, litUl, he was appointed secretary of the State Banking Board 
to serve for a term of two years and in January, 1908, he was re- 
appointed to serve in the same official capacity for another two year term. 
He was the chairman of the Republican County C'entral committee of 
Custer county from 1898 to 19U0 inclusive. He was one of the presiden- 
tial electors in 1900, and accompanied the other electors to Washington 
with the Nebraska returns for McKiidey and Roosevelt. The carrying 
of the vote to Washington by all the electors of the state, was the occa- 
sion for much comment at the time, and is unparalleled in the history of 
presidential elections, and was on account of the victory for McKinley 
in carrying Nebraska, the home state of the Democratic presidential can- 
didate, W. J. Bryan. Mr. l^oyse was married March '2, 1880, to Miss 
Addie Gates, of Bi-ownville, and has a family consisting of one son and 
one daughter. Mr. Royse served as mayor of Broken Bow two succes- 
sive terms, elected both times bv the Republicans. 



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II. A. UAl'.CdCK. 

Heinaii A. Balicock, l)ei»uty State Treasurer, was bom in Cattaraugus 
county, New York, May li', 184-2. A son of a farmer, liis early days 
were passed at work on the farm and in attendance at the pul)lic schools 
of Wisconsin, to which state his parents moved when he was a child. In 
his early manhood for a few yeaj-s he was a school teacher. Upon the 
breaking out of the war he eidi-sted in Company G, :37th Wisconsin \\)1- 
unteer Infantry and 82)ent two years in the service and was promoted from 
a private to Sergeant-major, the rank he held when disciiarged from the 
service. He returned to Wisconsin and there for six years devoted his 
attention to the photograj^hic art. In 1872 he located near Ord, 
Nebraska, where he took u]i a homestead. For eight years he was county 
clerk of Valley county; in tiie meantime being engaged in partnei'shiji 
with Peter F. Morienscn in tlie i-eal estate l)usiiiess. Mr. Babcock was 
State Auditor fi-om ]88.") to 18SS inclusi\e He then was appointed head 
of the insurance (U'partment, sciving in t his capacity fi-om ]8!t2to 18'J4 
inclusive. He was apjjointed to liic same position in liioi by State 
Auditor Weston. Upon State Trcasurci' Mortensen assuming the duties 
of his office in 1!)0:5 he chose Mi'. l>al)C(»ck for his dej»uty. 

Mr. Babcock was married in 1803, in Wisconsin, to Miss Ruth (). 
Bristol, and has two sons, the eldest, Everett ('., who is the chief book- 
kee})er of the Union Fire Insuraiure company of Lincoln, and Koyal C). 
Babcock, who is connected with the Bell 'relephoiie com})any at ()maha. 
For the i)ast eighteen years ^Fr. l^abcock lias made his home in I/mcoln. 



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(JKOKiJK ANTIIKS. 

George Aiitbes, Deputy Auditcir of Public Accounts, was Loi-ti in 
Fraiikfoi-t-on-the-Maiu, Oetoher :-!(), 1S.")(;. He came to Onialia in ls78 
whei-e he has resided up to the time of his |)resent a]>pointment. His first 
pu])lic service comirience<l in the spi-in<i' of iHSy, wIhmi lie entei-ecl the 
ottice of the county clerk of Douglas county. In lyuu he was appointed 
to a position in the county treasurei-'s othce, resigning the jiosition of 
deputy county treasurer on .lanuai-y 4, 19UU, to accept his present ottice 
under State Auditor Weston. Mi-. Anthes was re-ap|)ointed to the 
])osition he now holds. He was married in March, 1881, to Amanda 
Getzsidiman. Thev have three childi-en. 



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JASPKK L. MC 111{1I;N. 

Jasper L. McBrieii, T)ei>uty State Snpefiiileiuleiit of Schools, was born 
ill Newton county, Missouri, March 1 !», 18()7. His father was a farmer 
and served in Company K, l")th Missouri Cavalry throughont the Civil 
war. Mr. McBiien s})ent iiis youthful days on liis father's farm and in 
attendance at the public schools. He came to Nebraska in 1870 ami a 
few years later, was graduated from the Sterling High school, after which 
he entered Campbell University, at Holton, Kansas, where he took a 
thorough coui'se of study. Upon leaving the Tniversity he commenced 
scho(d teaching and in IS'.tl was eh'cted president ..f the State Teacher's 
Association. Vov two tcims he was county superintendent of schools in 
Johnson county. From IS'.i:; to IS'.»7 he was Dcm of Orleans Academy, 
resigning this |)osition to become the superintcndcnl of the (leneva City 
Schools, which ofHcc he lille(l from is;i7 to I'.Mil, when he was appointed 
Deputy State Superintendent under Superintendent- Fowler. Upon the 
,.e-(dection of Mr. Fowler in HMJl', Mr. McBrien was re-a]>pointed to the 
office he now holds. Mr. McHrien was mari-ied at 'I'ecumseh, Decemhei- 
•J9, 18'J1, to Miss Fva Forbes, and has a family oH three children. 



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NO UK IS HKOWN. 



Norris Brown. Dejiuty Attorney (Tenei'al, was born Mav 2, 1868, at 
Maqiioketa, Iowa. His elenientai-y education was received in the public 
schools and he was graduated in the classical course Iroin the I'^niversitv 
of Iowa, in 1883. After leaving- the Univi-rsity lu' enleicd the office of 
McDuffie & Howard, at Jefferson, Iowa, where he coni|>h'te<l his law 
studies. He was admitted to practice l)y the District court of (ireene 
county, Iowa, on October 1, IHS.'i. He commenced the practice of his 
profession at Perry, Iowa. October 1."), 1888, and i-emained there until 
April 28, 1888, when he settled at Kearney, Nebraska, where he since has 
l)een in ])ractice, associated with his brother, E. F. Brown. ^Ii-. Brown 
served as county attorney of ]>utt'alo county from January, 18!):{, until 
January, 18117. He was appointed Deputy Attorney (xeneral January 1, 
1901. Mr. Brown has always been an unconiproiuising Republican and 
an active worker for his party's good. He was married at Periy. Iowa, 
October 28, 1885, to Miss Lula K. Beeler, of Peri-y, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. 
Brown are the parents of two children, daughters. Mi'. Brown was 
candidate for ('ongress in tlie "Big Sixth" District in 1898 with Hon. 
William Greene as an opponent, and his debates with Greene created wide 
attention, and succeeded in largely decreasing the Democratic majority in 
the district. 

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WIII.IAM II. ifosp;. 

William 15. l^>s(^ Assistant Atlonu'y (iciieral, was born in (-Jrove City. 
Pennsylvania. .laniiarv '_^"). istii'. He received his early cdiieatioii in the 
|iul)lic schools of his native place and hnishe(l in (irove City College, lie 
studietl law and was adinitte<l to practice in the courts of Pennsylvania, 
Decemhi'i- •_'•_'. ISSS. The tirst office he evei- held was while a student of 
law. when lie i-erve*! as the (diief >derk for the Prothonotary, of Mercer 
count v. Pennsylvania, from IHS.') to ISS'.i. In iSS'.t he came to Xel)raska 
and located in t he Cit v (d' T.inccdn. Prom ls«)-j to is'.iN he was Deputy 
State Lil>rai-ian and assistant icpoi'ter n\' the N(d»raska Suju'enu' Court. 
While fillinn- the latti'r position he edite(l. diiiested. and indexed all the 
opinions oi the Siipi'cme Court contained in \ olumes :!."> to •")S, incdusive. 
Up<^>n the (dectioii of (ieiiei-al Pi'out to oflice in I'.ioti, Mr. Kose liecanu' his 
;issislant and has since lieeii continuouslv connected with the ^Vttorney 
(ieneral's oflice. He is a ifepnldican. 

.Ml'. Iv'ise was mari-ied Novemhii- is. is'.i:!. and his family consists of 
wife aiKJ one dauyhtcr. 



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11. .M. KA'IOX. 

Heiirv Moore Eaton, Deputy Coinmissioiici- dt' r*ii1»lic Lands and 
Buildings, was Lorn July 1(), J 8(37, in Lafayette, Lidiaiia. When lie was 
ten v*';irs of age his parents removed to Davenport, Nebraska. lie 
reeeive<l his ])rin!arv educati(tn in the ]»ul»lie schools an<l a higlier eduea- 
tion in the Saliiia, Kansas, Normal and the University of Kansas. At the 
age of sixteen he commenced school leaching, and eleven years of his lite 
liave been devoted to this [)rofession, five years of which were passed as an 
instructor in the Fremont Normal college. For some time he was the 
principal of the High school at Davenport, .ind for a while was the assist- 
ant cashier of tiu' State Bank in the same town. Mi'. Futon was ap|.ointed 
to his present ])osition in I'.ttiu and was rea]>|>ointed in r.Mi:i. lie has 
always been a Republican. lie was married December -2'^ 181(1), to Susie 
(_\ Smith, of Dunlap, Iowa, and has oiu' son. 



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W llIU K F. r.KVA NT 



Wilbur Franklin Bryant, Deputy Sujn-cnie Court Ke[)orter. was born in 
Dalton, Coos county, New llanipsliire, Mnrch 21, I80I, of Irish ancestry, 
his family name al not a very remote period beinij: O'Brien. lie received 
his early education in Kimball Union Academy at- Meriden, New Hamp- 
shire, and tinished at Dartmouth College Soon after leaving college he 
taught school in Mississi]tpi; then returning to the North, he was admitted 
to the bar in Yankton, Dakota, in 1877, and soon after located in Nebraska. 
For three years he was postmaster at St. Helena. Nebraska; then became 
county attorney of Cedar county; later district attorney of the Sixth Dis- 
trict, then served as county judge of Cuming county; ]»olice jndge of 
West Point; was a))|>ointed a colonel in the state militia, and for a while 
was the head of the State Bureau of Insurance. lie is the editor of the 
59th, GOth, 61st, ()-2d, 68d and (Uth Nebraska Reports. He is the author 
of the "Life of Louis Kiel,'' "Letters to a Young Law Student," "Did 
Virgil Write the ^FneidV"" and numerous articles and addresses. He has 
been the state president of the Catholic Knights of America, twice dele- 
gate to the Supreme Court of this Order; was a delegate to the Columbian 
Catholic Congress in 1893; is a director and member of the finance com- 
mittee of the charity organization of the City of Lincoln. He is married 
and has live children, two daughters and three s(Mis. 



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i!i;\'. .H)si:i'ii II. i'i;i:ss()\. 

Ktv. .!(>s(')ili II. Prcssdii. Chaplain of the Senate, was 1)(>rn in Oliio, 
February 2<i, 1S4U. lie located in Nebraska in December, 18(U. lie was 
the secretary of tlie first Ke|»nbli("in State Convention liehl in Nebraska, 
and ever since has taken a lively interest in the ]K)litical affairs of his 
adopted state. For tliirty-tvvo yeai's lie has been a minister of the yospei 
and connected with the ^lethodist Episcopal Conft i-ence. Jle was the 
Chai)lain of the House of Representatives duriiiL;- tlie -JTth Session, and 
was Cha|)lain of tlieN<braska Department, (irand ^\.rm\' of tlie Repub- 
lic foi' one term. 

Chaplain Presson ser\('(l in the ").")tli IJe^iment, Illinois X'olunteers, 
from 18C. I to KSIJ:), and took paii in the IJatlle of Sliiloh, the Sieii'e of 
\'icksbur<;, the IJattle oi' ]\lissioiiarv Kidge and other ennayements, during 
the campaign arouml Lookout M(»untaiii in TennesscH'. Chaplain I'resson 
for foui' years sei'ved as count v clerk oi' Johnson county, Nebraska. 
He was nuirried October 11, ISIKI, to Miss M. .M. Huff, and has three 
suns. His honu' is at Milford. Nebraska. 



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Albert Russell Keiin, Seerelary of the Senate, was Lorn in Pennsyl- 
vania, FeLruarv i^i!, 1859. lie received his early education in the sclxxtls 
of his native state, and in 1871, came to >s>braska with his ))arents. 

Secretary Keini entered the University of Nebraska, and was graduated 
from tlie classical dei)artment in 1881, was assistant ]irinci])al of Falls City 
Hio^h school 1881-1888, and |irincii)al of l>rownvilIe, Nebraska, High 
school, 1885; commenced the practice of law at Falls City in 1887, 
which has since been his home. In ISiKl he was county judge of liichard- 
son county, and during the Legislative sessions of 18*J5, 18H9, and 11.HJ1. 
was assistant secretary of the Senate. liis a])i)ointment to the position of 
secretary is due to this thorough knowledge of the duties of tiie office, and 
the high satisfaction he gave during his services as assistant secretary for 
the three sessions which he served. Mr. Keini is a bachelor. 



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WII.I.IAM M. WIIKKLKR. 

Williaiii M. Wheeler, First Assistant Secretaiy of tlie Senate, resides at 
Fairtield, Nebraska, where lie is publisher and proprietor of the News- 
Herald. He was born on a farm near Watkins, New York, January H, 
1860. He received his early education in the j)ul)lic schools, and finished 
at Cornell University, class of iss:i. He located in Nebraska in the 
spring of issi, and foi- twelve years was engaged in publishing the 
Republican, at Waketield. In the iMUh and -JTth Sessions of the Nebraska 
Legislature he was one of the oflicers in the House of Kepresentativts. 
In December, issd, he was married to Miss Cora 1). House, and has a 
faniilv consisting of two childi-en, one son and one daughter. 



180 




rHARI.KS (i. ('.\LI)A\KI,1,. 

Charles G. Caldwell, Second Assistant Secretary of the Senate, was 
born in Meigs county, Ohio, Septeinl)er 11, iscs, IK- received his educa- 
tion in the public schools of Letard Falls, in his native state. When he 
was fifteen years of age he commenced scliool teacliing, which vocation he 
followed in Ohio until is<):^, when he came to "Nebraska and located at St. 
Paul. For six years he was a teacher in the St. Paul schools and then 
settled on a farm immediately west of St. Paul, where lie has since been a 
farmer. Mr. Caldwell is a Reimblican and in l'.M»2 was the candidate of 
his party for the lower house of the Legislature, lieing defeated by Fries. 
Mr. Caldwell was married September .-), 1S94, to Agnes Harvey of St. 
Paul, ami has a family of three children, daughters. 



187 



r.. II. (■(•ri.r>iN(4. 

Bvi-on II. (Toulding. Clerk of the Coiinnittee of the Whole of the Sen- 
ate, was born in Falmouth, Kentucky, .Tuly 14, 1849. lie received his 
early education in the public schools and in Center College, at Danville, 
Kentucky. 'NVlien he was but thirteen vears of age he enlisted in the 7th 
Kentucky Cavalry as a private and served until lie was mustered out in 
May, ISO."'. He then became a commercial traveler, and in 1874 located 
at Kearney, "Nebi-askn. wliich place he has since made his home. He has 
been active in business aifaii's :ind in public matters. For the |iast lour 
years he has been the city editor of tiie Keanu^y Hub. He is a Jiepuldi- 
can of the true-blue kind and a good worker for his pai-ty. Mr. (Moulding 
was married April 1 :'., 187:!, to Miss Mattie Foster, of Crown Point, Indi- 
ana, and has two sons, (George (Toulding, a horse and sheep grower in the 
Black Hills country, near Kdgeniont, and Howard (Joulding, cashier of the 
Westei-n Uiii(»ii Telegniph Company in Omaha. 

I.. S, Ul'SSELL. 

L. S. Russell, Sei-geant-at-Arms of the Senate, was born at Boston, 
Massachusetts, in 18:11. He received his education in the schools of his 
native state. April :'.(). bsi;], he enlisted as a private in the 11th Massa- 
chusetts Volunteers and served in the Army of the Potomac. At the end 
of the war he was discharged from the service, holding the rank of cap- 
tain on the staff of (reneral Burney. In 187:Hie located in Iowa, where 
he engaged in the hotel businesss. In 188.") he rem<»ved to Nebraska and 
settled at Fremont, his present home, where he resumed the occupation of 
hotel keeper, which he continued until 18!»7, when he retired from active 
business life. Captain Russidl lias always been a steadfast Ke])ublican. 
lie was married in 1884, in Iowa, to Emma McKinsey. 

.1. K. .M.\NNIN(;. 

John \\. .Manning, of Cai-roU, Nebraska, is the })ostmaster of the Sen- 
ate, He was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Nctvember 10, 1845. He 
was educated in the common and normal scliools. and for eighteen years 
was a school teaclier in Illinois. He located in Nebraska in 1882 and 
engaged extensiv(dv in farming and stock raising. His politics are thor- 
oughly Republic.in. In iss'.t he re|)resente(l the Fleventh District in the 
Nebraska State Senate. .Mi-. Manning is a widower, and has a family 
consisting of four sons and one daughter. 

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.lAMKS AV. lUKLKKill. 

James W. Burleigh, Proof-reader of the Senate, 28th Session, was born 
at Vinton, Iowa, February 27, 1854. He was educated in the |.ublie 
schools and early ill life learned tlie printer's art. He has been a news- 
paper man the greater part of his life, and has published papers in his 
native state, in Kansas and Missouri, and for the past live years has 
been the publisher and editor of the Star-Journal, at Ainsworth, Nebraska. 
He was the proof-reader in the House during the 2Tth Session. Mr. Bur- 
leigh is a widower, and has a family consisting of one son and one daugh- 
ter. He is secretary of the Brown (\)unty Live Stock Association. 



189 




MAI I!l( K (. FORXEY. 

Maurice C. Forney, Custodian of the C'onuiiitlee Rooms and Gallery 
during the 28th Session, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, September 
24, 185 1. When a boy he removed with his parents to Iowa City, where 
he received his education in the public schools. For two years he was a 
scliool teacher in Illinois. In 1880 he came to Minden, Nebraska, his 
present home, and there engaged in the implement and well business, 
which he continued until 1900 Mr. Forney is a Republican. He was 
married in 1872 to Emma .1. Richard, of Iowa City, Iowa, and has a family 
consisting of two sons and one daughter. 



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REV. GEOROE SCOTT. 



Rev. George Scott, Chaplain of the House, is a native of England and 
received a liberal education in bis native land. In June, 1871, Mr. Scott 
came to Nebraska, and this state has since been his home, with the excep- 
tion of six years which be spent in Lead, South Dakota. He was the 
chaplain of the House in the Session of 188:5, aid soon afterwards was 
appointed by President Arthur, United States Consul at Odessa, Russia. 
Chaplain Scott is a minister of the Congregational Church and his home 
is at Cortland, Gage county, Nebraska. He was married in England in 
1867 to Miss Sarah Cullens, and is the father of two living sons. 



191 




.lollN W'AI.I, 



John Wall, Chief Clerk of tlie House, is now serving his third consecutive 
session in this position. He was born in Caledonia county, New York 
State, November 4, IHoT. Part of his youth was passed in Michigan, 
t'rctin which state he came to Nebraska in Marcli, ISTS. For some years 
In' resided in Sherman county, and tliere. from 18."^j! to iSSii, was county 
clerk. His home at present is in ^Vrcadia. Nalley county, where he is 
engaged in the mercantile business. Twice he ran for Kepi'esentati ve in 
Valley county, each lime defeated by l-'usioiiists, once coming within 
tiiirty-six votes of election. He is the owner oi' a ranch in the county, 
and gives much of iiis attention to fai'ining and stock raising. His poli- 
tics are Reijublican. He was iiuu-ried March :iU, IST'J, to Miss Belle 
Landers, and has two daughters. 



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r. H. IJARXARl). 



C. H. Barnard, First Assistant Chief Clerk of tlie House, was born at 
Blooniington, Illinois, January 20, 18(32. He came to Nebraska with his 
parents in 1870 and received his education in this state. He resides near 
Table Rock, Nebraska, where he is engaged in farming and fruit-growing. 
For the past six years he has been secretary of the State Horticultural 
Society, of which organization he is an active member. He was mari-ied 
in 188.5 to Viola K. Moss, and has one son. 



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.lOlIN LYOX. 

.loliii I^yon, Second Assistant Chief Clerk of the House, was born IVIarcb 
'2\, 1872, in Sweden, and came to New Jersey when one year old; later 
removed to Minnesota, and in 1880 to Nebraska. He was educated in the 
l»ublic schools, and at the Fremont Normal School, from which he gradu- 
ated ill IHUI. F(»r nine years he taught school in Hamilton county, and 
for tile last tvvo years was principal of scbools at Hurwell, Nebraska. His 
post-otttce address is Central City, Nebraska. 



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1). II. IIAKIUS. 

Daniel H. Harris, Chief Clerk of the Enrolling and Kiigrossing Com- 
mittee of the House, was ])orn in South Wales, May :^1, 1H45. He was 
educated in the schools of his native lan.l, and at an early age was 
apprenticed to the miller's trade. In 1 yiu he came to America and one 
year later to Nebraska, locating at Nchraska City, where he followed his 
trade of miller for some time. in 1809, he was one of the pioneer 
settlers in Seward county, where he was one of the first County Commis- 
sioners and served in that capacity for a number of terms. Flour milling 
has been his business ever since he came to America until n>0-2, when he 
opened a general insurance office at Louisville, Cass county, his present 
home. Mr. Harris served as a member of the lower house of the Nebraska 
Legislature during the 26th Session, representing the Sixth District, com- 
posed of Otoe county. During the STth Legislative Session he was a 
clerk of the Committee on Enrolled and Engrossed bills. Mr. Harris was 
married in 1869, in Seward county, Nebraska, to Annie M. Bingaman and 
has two sons and one daughter living. 



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ALBERT WILSEY. 

Albert Wilsey, Sergeaiit-;it-Anns of tlie House of Re|iresentatives. 28th 
Session, was born in Kendall county, Illinois, October 3, 18 4(). During 
the Civil war he served as a private in 147tli Illinois Volunteer Infantry. 
He canie to Nebraska in 187.") and settled in Yoi-k (-((unty, and in 1890 
removed to MooreHeld, Frontier county, his present home. He was a 
member of the House in the Sessions of 1881 and 1SS7. He was Sergeant- 
at-Arms of the House in the Session of Jl»01. He was married in 1868 to 
Miss Martha Pooler, and has a family consisting of two sons and two 
daughters. He is a Republican. 



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JOHN A\'ALLACK. 



John Wallace, Chief Uoor-keeper of the House, 2Sth Session, was born 
in Scotland, in 1841. He come to America in 1 856 and settled in Knox 
county, Hlinois, where he worked as a fanner until 18(31, when he enlisted 
in Company C, 42nd Illinois Infantry, and served in the army for four 
years and five months. After the war he resumed fainiing which he con- 
tinued until 1881, when he came to Nebraska and entered the employ of 
tiie Union Pacific railroad company as a blacksmith. Mr. WaHace is a 
member of the Masonic order, the G. A. K. and Blacksmith's Union. No. 
50, of Omaha. He was married in 1866 to Mary H. Wood and has a 
family of live daughters. 



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.TAMKS H. IIAZLKTT. 

James H. Hazlett, Assistant Door-keeper of the House, 28th Session, is 
a native of Ireland. In his cliildhood days he came to America with his 
parents and passed his youth in Illinois, where lie received his education. 
Pearly in his teens he enlisted in Company 1), Dtli Regiment, Illinois 
Cavalry, and served more than four years during the Civil war and was 
mustered out in October, 18i;."), with the rank of First Lieutenant. In 
October, 1872, he came to Nebraska and located in Clay county, where he 
commenced farming. For three terms he served as a meml)er of the Board 
of Supervisors of Clay county. His home is at Edgar, Nebraska. Mr. 
Hazlett is a Republican, lie was married in 18(56 to Miss Mollie Mizener, 
and has four children, two sons and two daughters. 



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E. A. WART^^ER. 

Edward A. Warner, Postmaster of the House of Representatives, 28th 
iSession, was born in Kahiniazoo, Michigan, in 1842. In 1862 he enlisted 
in the 5th Michigan Cavalry and served until the close of the war. In 
1877 he located in York, where he engaged in coal, ice and feed business 
and which is still his home. A year ago he retired from active business 
life and supervises the management of a few farms he owns in York 
county. Mr. Warner is a Republican. He was married in 1808 to 
Philie Harrison, and has one daughter. 



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StQ^n^dir^g Oor^imrT: xittee^ of time 



TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSfON. 

Judiciary— Hall of Douglas, chairman: Wall, Brown, Giffin, Hastings, 
Marshall, Pemberton, Sloan, Warner. 

Finance, Ways and Means— Anderson, chairman: Marshall, Hastings, 
Hasty, Howell, Jennings, Norris, O'Neill. Sheldon. 

Public Lands and Buildings— Sheldon, chairman: Cox. ^'oung. Fries, 
Giffin, Hasty, Hedge, Saunders, Sloan. 

Agriculture— Young, chairman: Reynolds. Brady. Cottey. Cox, Hall of 
Burt, Umstead. 

Highways, Bridges and Ferries— Fries, chairman: Fmstead, Beghtol, 
Brady, Hall of Burt. 

Accounts and Expenditures — Cox, chah'man: Norris, Anderson, Harri- 
son, Saunders. 

Military Affairs— Hall of Hart, chairman: Sheldon, Fries, O'Neill, 
Saunders. 

Municipal Affairs- Howell, chaii'man; O'Neill, Pemberton, Saunders, 
Anderson. 

Internal Improvements- Way, chairman: Umstead, Giffin, Alden, (I'offey. 

School Lands and Funds— Umstead, chairman: Marshall. Cox, Coffey, 
Brown. 

Constitutional Amendments and Federal Relations— Sloan, chair- 
man: Warner, Wall, Pemberton, Meredith, Hall of Douglas, Dean. 

Public Printing— Pemberton. chairman: Fries, Cottey. Hasty. Howell. 

Enrolled and Engrossed Bills— Hastings, chairman: Norris, Giffin, 
Hall of Douglas, Jennings, Sloan, Way. 

Counties and County Boundaries— Umstead. ■•hairman: \'oung. Hasty, 
Meredith, Sloan. 

Education— Day, chairman: Dean, Coffey. Saunders, Sloan. 

Library— Beghtol, chairman; Harrison, Hall of Douglas, Hedge, Reynolds. 

Claims— Warner, chairman: Hastings. Anderson, Howell. Sheldon. 

Banks and Currency- Jennings, chairman: Marshall, Brady, Day, 
Norris. 

llAILROADS— Wall, chairman: Fries. Brown. Cox. Day. Dean, Meredith, 
'launders, Umstead. 

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MiSCKLLANKOUs SiTRTEC'TS Dean, clKiii'iiuui: Day. ^'()lln>i■. AkU'ii. Heiilitol, 
F^all of Douo-las. Way. 

Statk I'kison IJoo-htol, cliaii'inaii: (Jittin. Cox. Dean. Saunders. 

ITnivkr.sity and Nokmal .Schools O'Neill, cbainnnn; \Vall. ^■ounL;■, 
Day, lleynolds. 

Public Charitik.s— Coffey, ehaii-man: Hall of Burt, Norris, Brady, Aldeii. 
MlHCELLANEOTT.s C(~)KPORA'riON.s- Ileyuolds. chairman: Saunders, I'nistead, 
Howell, Hall of Burt, Anderson, Sheldon. 

Privilkck.s and I'lr.EOTiONS Sloan, chairman; Pembei'ton. Hastin«>s, Brown, 
Sheldon. 

LiVK Stock and (iRAZINcj — Ha.sty. chairman: Brown, Fries, Ciffin, ^Vav. 

Medical SociETiE.s—Meredith, chairman: Alden, Beghtol. Dean. Sheldon. 

Immigration — Brady, chairman: Hasty. Dean, Day, Way. 

Mines and Minerals— Howell, chairman: Way. Warner. Wall. O'Neill. 
Meredith. Harrison. Coffey, Brady. 

Manufac;tures and CoMMERCE-Norris, chairman; Jenning-s. Beghto!, 
Dean, Hedge. 
Labor — Marshall, chairnum: Hedge. Harrison. Brady, .\lden. 

Revenue — Brown, chairnum: Saunders. Anderson, Day, Fries, Pemberton. 
Reynolds. 

Insane HOSPITALS-Alden. chairnum: Wai'uer. Hall of Burt. Mei'edith. 
Hedge. 

Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylums Hedge, chairman; Mar.shail, Hall of 
Douglas. Young, Meredith. 

Reform School. Asylum for Feeble-minded, and Home for the 
Friendless— Marshall, chairman: Beghtol. Pemberton. Sloan, Wall. 

Insurance— Saunders, chairman: Howell, Fries. O'Neill, Reynolds. 

Soldiers' Home— Harrison, chairman: Hall of liurt. Young, Hedge. Jen- 
nings. 

Rules- Harrison, chairnum: O'Neill, Warner, .Sheldon. .Vnderson. 
Irrigation -Giffin. chaii-man: Ct)ffVy. l^rown. Fries, Hasty. Howell. Wall. 
Standing COMMITTEE--Warner, chairman: Howell. Harrison. O'Neill. 
Wall. 

Apportionment— Waruei-. chairman: Harrison. Brown. Alden, Pemberton. 



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TWKXrV-KUTHTH SESSION. 

Judiciary— Nelson (jf Douylas, chairman; Sears, Thompson. Moi'sman. Simr- 
lock. Ten Eyck. Perry. Sweezy, Douglas, Loomis, Kennedy. 

FiNANCK. Ways and Means— Wilson, chairman: Nelson, Pierce. Davis, 
Pvibble. McC'lay, Harmon, Good, Hunter, Hogrefe, Mikesell, Hoy. 

Agriculture— Christy, chaimnan: Spier. Saddler. Fishhack, Cunningham. 
Cassel. Waring. 

Road and Bridge — Reed, chairman: Cravens, Jones (Richardson i. Hunter, 
W^eborg, Stetson, Anderson (Kearney). 

Militia— Ten Eyck, chairman: McClay. Ford. Pei-ry, Gregg, Atwood, 
Becher, Eggenberger. Fellers. 

Public Lands and Buildings — Friedrich, chairman: Ramsey, Saddler, 
Ribble, P^arloo, Detrick, Koetter, Roberts, Jolnison. Coats, Herron, Weborg. 
McLain. 

Internal Improvements ('assel. chairman: McLain. Andei-son iKnoxi, 
Deles- Dernier. Kaveny, Thorp, Mikesell. 

Federal P>,ELATI0NS — Fries, chairman: Hei'ron, .Jolnison, Kittell, Mc('ul- 
loch, Thorp, Vlasak. 

Engrossed and Enrolled Bills— Harmon, chairman: Burgess, Kerns, 
Stetson, Belden. Shelly, Jahnel, Herron, Anderson (Kearney). 

Accounts and Expenditures — Hathorn. chaimum: Bobbins, Kerns. Bacon. 
Koetter, Anderson (Hamilton). McClay. Jones (Richai-dson i, Schinstock. 

CON.STITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Sweezy, charirman: Deles-Dernier, Nelson 
(Douglas), Meradith, Mendenhall. Jouvenat, Ciregg. Thompson, Loomis. 
Dobry, Kittell. 

COUNTY Boundaries, County Seats and Township Organization — 
Fishback, chairman; Rouse. Roberts. Bobbins, Friedrich. Detrick, Davis, 
Hoy, Becher. 

Railroads rMendenhall, cliairnuin: Smith. Wilson. Harmon, Morsnum, 
Spurlock, Copsey, Holliet. Joiivcuat. Tlumiiison. Hathorn. Sears, Loomis, 
Gishwiller, Menuninger. 

I'KIVlLEiJES and I^LECTIONS Sfjui'lock, chairmati: Douglas, (xilbert. Smith. 
Detrick, Ribble, Thompson, Kennedy, Mikesell, Kaveny, Ti'ask. 

Penitentiaries- -Bacon, chairman; Cravens, Cunningiuim. Si)ier. Ibillict. 
Atwood. Coats. Kaveny. Schinstock. 

Ixsaxe I 1()SPIT.\i>s liartoo. ciKiii'uuui: Swcc/.y. .Saddlci-. Warner. Wilson, 
Halhoi'u. iiai-rison. Waring, Meuuningei-. 

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Other Asylums— Robbins chairman: Koetter. Relden. Knox. Atwciod. 
Spier. Jones (Otoe). Trask. Kaven.v. 

Corporations -Shelly, chaiiinan: Sjiui'lock. i^ui-iicss. Jones (Otoe'. Harloo, 
Cropsey, Memminyer. 

Library — Hamnson. cliainnan: (ire-iy. (Jood. ( nnninti'ham. Hoy, Herron. 
Startzer. 

Cities and Towns- (Albert, diaii-nian: Nelson iDouyias). McC'lay, 
Cropsey, Ferrai-, Cassel, Roberts. Sweezy, Becher. 

Banks and Currency— Jouvenat. chairnian: Cropsey. Mangold. IJeed. 
Smith, Douylas. Tooley. 

Public Schools — Gregg-, chairman: Jones (Otoci. Anderson (Knox). 
Copsey, Fishback, Anderson (Kearney), Fidlers. 

University and Normal Schools— Good, elmii-nian: Harrison. Cassel, 
Perry, Knox, Warner. Robbins. Trask. Startzer. 

Public Printing— Anderson (Knox). chai'nn-ui: lliggs. Kerns. Cui-rie, 
Meradith, Davis. Cravens. Fries. Anderson (Kearney). 

Mines and Minerals— Waring, chairman: Vlasak. Trask, Startzer. 
Shipley. Schinstock, Johnson. 

Immigration — Weborg. chairman: Jouve. at, Hogrefe. Nelson (Pierce). 
Shelly, Friedrich, Meradith. Fries, (iishwiller, Dorby. Fggenberger. 

Manufactures and COMMERCE-Hogrefe. chaii'man: I^eed, Hunter. Ten 
Eyck, Rouse, Fggenberger, Fellers. 

School Lands and Funds— Hanna. cliainnan: .lunkin. Riggs, (4el\vick. 
Jahnel, Ah-Allister. liacon. Tooley, Dobry. 

MlSCELLANEOl^s SuH.lECTS— Perry, cliaiiinan: (iili)crl. Gehvick. .Anderson 
(Hamilton), Jahnel. (iishwiller, Tof)ley. 

Claims— Sears, chairman: Ramsey, Christy, Feri-ar. Mangold. Meradith. 
Douglas. Fishback. Mendenhall. McCulloch. Shipley. 

Live Stock and (iUAZiNO Interests— Junkin. chairman: Jones (Richard- 
son), Hanna, Currie. Coats, Weborg. Hunter. Fellers. Kittell. 

Revenue and Taxation— Warnei', chairman: McAllister. Junkin. Ten 
Ryck. nibble, Caldwell, Hanna, Currie, Kerns, Mikesell, Shipley. 

Rules — Speaker, Gregg, Morsman, Wilson. Mendenhall, Loomis. Hoy. 

Labor — Koetter, chairman: Riggs. Holliet. Ford. Belden. Caldwell. Junkin. 
Friedrich. Harrison, Vlasak, Tooley, Thorp. Startzer. 

Apportionment- Thompson, chairman: Hogrefe. McAllister, Nelson 
(Pierce). Deles-Dernier, (iilbert. Anderson (Hamilton). Warner. Jones (Otoe). 
Jahnel. Caldwell, Christy, Dobry, Fries. Schinstock. 

Benevolent Institutions— McLain. chairman: Christy. Travis. Cunning- 
ham, Gelwick, Kennedy. Fggenberger. 

Fish Culture and (^ame— Fei'rar. chairman: Jones ( Michardson i. Hanna. 
Mangold. Knox. Holliet. Gisliwiller. 

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IxsruANCE — ('ropsi'V, chairinan : lUii'yess. ( lood. Hiiriiuui. Sjicar. Maii'/old. 
Kibble. Spin-lock. Mi'Uiuiinyer. 

TELKcJKAru, Tklephoxk and l':i.K("ri;i(' ( 'ompaniks - liui'>;('ss. chainiuui: 
.NU'Luiu. Si'ars. Dcles-Dei'iner. ('un-ic. Itced. Morsnuiu, ('aldwell. AVariny. 

Mkdic'al Soe'iKTiKS. Sunday Laws and itEGULATiONs — Copsey. c-hair- 
man: Bartoo. Hathorn. Wilson. ilo])erts. Nelson (Douo-las), Johnson. 

Fees and Salaries —Smith, chairman: IJonse, Anderson (Hamilton), 
Nelson (Pierce), Stetson. Ford. Perry. Kennedy. Beeher. 

Soldiers' HoMES-Detrick, chairman: McClay, Shelly, ('ojisey, Belden, 
At wood, Ramsey. 

iRRKiATION— McAllister, chairman: Ferrar. Bartoo. Riggfs. Bacon, Knox, 
Coats. Shipley, McCulloch. 

DRFlciENriES — Rouse, chairman: ('ravens, Anderson (Knox), Stetson, Gel- 
wick. Saddler. Ford, X'lasak, Thorp. 



NAMK. POSITION. HOMK ADDRFSS. 

(tco. C. Adwers Fireman (Traiul Island. 

('has. Aron, Jr Clerk Com. on Finance Crete. 

Jos. W. Hurleiuh Prof)i-rea(ler Aiiiswortli. 

Charles Hiirke Janitor Omaha. 

P. W. Bass Clerk Rroken liow. 

Mrs. C. Vi. Brit t in Copyist . Superior. 

C. (4. CaMwell Second Asst. Sec-retary Farwell. 

W. 1 1, (ash Asst. Doorkeeper Kearney. 

Mrs. K. C. Covvie Stenographer Fairbury. 

John L. Cleaver Bookkeeper Falls Cit \ . 

W. M. Crichton Cojtyist AuVnirn. 

Thomas Cowyer Copyist Springview. 

F. W. Davis Doorkecj)er (iallerv Sargent. 

A. H. Donecken Bill Clerk Omaha. 

Samuel L. Drew Co|)yist David City. 

W. V. A. Dodds Clerk Biatrice. 

Hussel Fryt' P.'ige Lincoln. 

J. M. Kitchpatru-k Clerk llehroiu 

M. C. Forney Custodian (iallery MindeiL 

Robert Foster Custodian Basement Hastings. 

Delia M. Fulk Stenographer Atlanta. 

B. 11. (ioulding (.'leik Committee Whole Keanu'V. 

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S. (\ (liven Clerk York. 

\\'. II. Ihirrisoii 1* res id en I Pro Teni (li-iuid Island. 

.laini's 1 loi^aii Messenger Pender. 

Crosby .loll n son Asst. Seru'eant-at-Arnis Mai nil and. 

A. K. Keiiii Secretary Falls City. 

S. 'P. Krier IJill Clerk Lexington. 

C. P. Kelsey Clerk Hennett. 

C. K. Lawrence Proof-reader KIk Creek. 

Edward ]MeCrea Janitor l^eatrice. 

W. K. McDonald Copyist Pierce. 

C. .M. Mc(4rew Clerk Palmyra. 

James McSliane Messenger Lincoln. 

Carl Moseley Page Lincoln. 

Albert Moor«' ( 'lerk . ' Fairfield. 

.^L L. ]\KAVliiniiv Custodian Senate Cliamher ....Hastings. 

.L H. Manning I'ostmaster Columbus. 

Will. Niemever l)oorkee[)er Omaha. 

W. II. Nelson Messenger Lincoln. 

Stella Olseii Stenograjilu'r Omaha. 

Clifford IL Park Page Lincoln. 

E. I). Pratt, Jr Clerk . I udiciary Committee .... Omaha. 

Rev. .fos. II. Presson .. .Chaplain MilfonL 

W. H. Pool Chief Engrossing Clerk \\'ee])ing Water. 

J. I). Phillii.s Clerk Beaver City. 

E. J. Ritchie Co|»yist Plattsmonth. 

L. S. Russell Sergeant-at-Arms Fremont. 

Rol)ert P. Starr Clerk Com. on Accounts Aurora. 

W. A. Shottenkirk Mail Carrier Blue Hill. 

D. A. Stoke Custodian Cloak Room Palmyra 

A. M. Storck Clerk Fullerton. 

Walter P. Thomas Clerk Com. Municipal Affairs. .Omaha. 

Wm. M. Wheeler First Asst. Secretary Fairfield. 

Elizabeth Williams Secretary Lii'nt.-Covenioi' Omaha. 

Allx-rt Wobig Night Watchman West Point. 

Robert P. Walsh Clerk Scotts Bluff'. 

Ceorge .1. White Copyist Decatur. 

A. Clenii Williams Copyist Stockville. 

Conrad Wells Page Crete. 

Ida M. Walters Stenographer Hastings. 



FORCE TN CHIEF CLERK'S OFFICE. 

NAME. POSITION. RESIDENCE. 

.Tolin Wall- , Chief Clerk Arcadia. 

C. H. IJaniard First Asst. Clerk Table Rock. 

.Idhii Lyon Seeoiid Asst. Clerk Central City. 

Clias. O. French Third Asst. Clerk Auburn. 

*.John L. Mayer Fourth AsKistant Clerk Stanton. 

Josephyne Murphey.. . . Stenoi^n-ajiher Chief Clerk Plattsniouth. 

H. Glasiiow Book and Time Keeper Odell. 

D. H. Harris Chief Cleik,Eng. & Enr. Room . Louisville. 

George Scott Chajilain Cortland. 

*DiEn, January :U, IHOM. 

EMPLOYES. 
NAME. POSITION. 

Jennie Angus Stenographer. Com. on Judiciary. 

R. T. Baldwin Assistant Janitor. 

Adam Bamer Custodian, Com. Room, No. 8. 

L. S. leaker Assl. Custodian, Cloak Room. 

J. W. Blvstone Custodian Chief Clerk's Room. 

J. t . Blandin ^'<*py Holder. 

J. W. Brewster Stenographer for House. 

'I'll OS. B. Carr Co]>y Holder. 

S. L. (Jannon Committee Clerk. 

Harriet Crabtree Clerk, Eng. and Enr. Room. 

J. M. Crowell (Merk, Com. on Claims. 

\V. H. Clark Store Keeper. 

Win. Cook Clerk, Com. on 1^ R.. Ins. and Banking. 

\V. A. Downev Clerk, Eng. and Vlur. Room. 

I). T. Dudley (histodian Bill Room. 

Dean Edwards Rage. 

E. W. Fields Assistant Bill Clerk. 

S. W. Fisher Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms. 

Watt (i^iuldie Clerk Eng. and Enr. Boom. 

Paul C. (iiitingei- lanitor. 



C'h;is. Goldsmitli Page. 

Lloyd Hall Page. 

James Hazlett Assistant Gate Keeper. 

Jno. B. Hemphill Proof-reader. 

Robt. Houghton Assistant Bill CMerk. 

Roberta 8. Hyde Clerk, Eng. and Eiir. Room. 

('has. L. Kellev Clerk, Com. on Accomits and Exi)enses. 

Theo. Kurth Page. 

^laiid Landers Clerk, Eng. and Eiir. Room. 

D. K. Loriiig lanitor. 

Alfred Marti House Messenger. 

B. F. Miles ^Liil Carrier. 

W. IL Morrow Clerk. Com. Ways and Means. 

James McKelvey Custodian House. 

S. I). MeCrinis Custodian Cloak Room. 

May Morris Clerk, Eng. and Enr. Room. 

E. Reisinger Door Keeper (Tallery. 

W. (t. Rood Clerk, Com. Eng. aiul Enr. Bills. 

Eddie Sears Page. 

Claud Sny<]er Page. 

Gedeon Staberg Page. 

P. J. Stepnev Custodian Water Closet. 

Maggie Sutton Clerk, Eng. and Enr. Room. 

Elsie M. Swartz Clerk, Eng. and Enr. Room. 

Ralph Tillotson Messenger Chief Clerk. 

A. L. 'J'imblin Proof-reader. 

John 'JV^ef t Page. 

A. J. Trude Chief Clerk Bill Room. 

E. W. Underbill Clerk, C(»m. Public Lands and Bldgs. 

Hannah Warner Clerk, Com. Revenue and Taxation. 

E. A. Warner Postmastei-. 

Jobn Wallace Door Keeper. 

John Watson Custodian Com. lioom. No. 6. 

Martin Werner Night Watch. 

John Wallicks Clerk, C(»ni. on Deticiencies. 

A. Wilsey Sergeant-at-Arms. 

Robt. Windham Page. 

J, W. Winger Assistant Postmaster. 

B. C. Yeomans Linitor, Eng. and Enr. Room. 

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Sa<li(' ^'ounii" Clerk. Kiiu'. .iiid Kiir. IJdoin. 

Mm roll E. Swcc/.v CIci-U.C 'oin. dh ( OiisI it iit ioiial ^\iiicih I incuts. 

L. II. A 11 rami Clerk, Cmii. (in A|i|Mirl ioiiiiieiit. 

Fre.l 'I'll II OSS Assistant Hill Clerk. 

.1. .M. .lallisoii aVssistant Store Keeper. 

C. A. (ir.atoii House Carpenter. 



STATE OFFICEKS AND ASSlSTxVX'i'S AND STATE iiOAKDS 
AND INSTITCTIONS. 

STAT!': (;()Vki;nmknt. 

John H. Mickey Ciovernor Kdiiiund G. McGiltou. . . . Lieut. -Gov. 

Geo. W. Marsh. .. .Seeretary of .State ( 'harles Weston. .Auditoi- Pub. Aects. 

Peter MortenseJi Treasurer Wm. K. Fowler . . . .Supt. Pub. Inst'n. 

Frank N. Prout Attorney-General Geo. D. Follmer 

Jacob H. Culver . . . Adjutant-Cieneral ...("orn. Pub. Lands and Bldgs. 

Lee Herdinan State Lil)rarian 

FX FC UTI V F 1) KPAPvTM FNT. 
OFFICE (^F THE UC^VERNOR. 

Governor. . . .John H. Mickey, Osceola Private Secretary to Governor. . . . 

( 'hief Clerk F. S. Mickey, Osceola A. B. Allen 

Asst. Clerk. .. .Nellie Purcell, Lincoln llecorder C. C. Husted. Beatrice 

OFFICF OF THF SFCRKTARY OF STATF. 

Secretary of State Deputy Secretary of State 

Georg-e W. Marsh. Falls City F. W. Miller. Falls City 

Recorder J. J. Ivol)erts, Lincoln 

OFFICF OF AL'DITOK OF PUliLIC ACCOUNTS. 

Chas. Weston, Auditor. .Sheridan Co. Geo. Anthes. Deputy Douglas Co. 

Geo. D. Bennett, B'k'pr. .Johnson Co. J. F. Fannon, Recorder. Antelope Co. 
E. M. Mathews. Bond elk. Douglas Co. Anna B. Grisinger, Sten. .. Butler Co. 

INSURA N(T: DFPARTMFNT. 

John L. Pierce, Deputy.. Douglas Co. H. Seymour, Chief ( 'lerk . . . ^■(>l■k ( O. 
Mrs. Nellye Boyce, Stenographer Lancastei- Co. 

CO I ^ NT Y T R 1-: . \ S I ' I ; !•: I ! !•; X . \ .\ 1 1 X !•: !( S . 

K. J. Robinson Lancaster Co. I'".. .M. Searle, Jr Keith ( 'o. 

(JFFICF OF THP: ST.VTI'; THF.VSURFR. 

Treasurer, I'eter .Mortensen ( >rd Dep. Treas . il. .\. Halicock . . jjincoln 

DFPAIITMFNT OF PFIJLIC 1 NSTRF( TION. 

.Supl. Pul). Instruction, Wm. K. Fowler Dep. .Su])t. Pub. Inst'n. .1. i.,. .Nh-Rrieu 

I^lair Geneva 

Sten., Jennie B. Adams Fullerton Clerk. L. C. liarnley . . .Crab Orchard 

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
Atty.-Gen'l, Frank N. Prout, Beatrice Dep. Atty.-Gen'l, N. Brown, Kearney 
Asst. Atty.-Gen'l, W. B. Rose Lincoln 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS. 
Com'r Pub. Lands and Buildings, Dep. Com'r, H. M. Eaton. .. .Fremont 

Georg-e D. Follmer Oak Chief Clerk, Brad P. Cook . . .Lincoln 

Bookkeeper. F. J. Fitle. . . .So. Omaha Bookkeeper, H. G. Meyer. .Humphrey 

OFFICE OF ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 
i\djutant - General of Nebraska, Chief Clerk and Store-keeper, 

J. H. Culver Milford S. D. Davis 

Stenographer, Grace Walthus Lincoln 

U. S. SENATORS. 
Charles H. Dietrich. Joseph H. Millard. 

CONGRESSMEN. 

Elmer J. Burkett First District Gilbert M. Hitchcock. .Second District 

J.J. McCarthy Third District Edmund H. Hinshaw. .Fourth District 

George W. Norris Fifth District Moses P. Kinkaid Sixth District 

STATE BOARDS. 

Banking— -The State Banking Board consists of the Auditor, Treasurer and 
Attorney-General. E. Royse, secretary. A. N. Dodson, clerk; Frank Smith, 
stenographer. Bank Examiners — L. V. Haskell, Wakefield; W. D. Hartwell, 
Pawnee City; F. Whittemore, Long Pine, and E. E. Emmett, Arapahoe. 
BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS. 

This Board consists of the Governor, who is Commissioner; Bert Bush, 
Omaha, Deputy Commissioner, and D. C. Despain, Plattsmouth. Assistant 
Deputy Commissioner. 

STATE BOARD OF IRRIGATION. 

This Board consists of the Governor, Attorney-General and the Commis- 
sioner of Public Lands and Buildings. Adnah Dobson, secretary and State 
Engineer. 

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL LANDS AND FUNDS. 

Consists of the Governor, Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, the 
Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney-General. 

STATE BOARD OF ESCHEATS. 
Consists of Governor and State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. 
Consists of the Governor and State Treasurer. 

STATE BOARD OF PURCHASES AND SUPPLIES. 
Consists of the Governor, Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, 
Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney-General. 

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STATE PRINTING BOARD. 
Consists of the State Auditor, State Treasurer and Secretary of State. L. 
W. Frazier, Fairmont, clerk. 

STATI] BOARD OF PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS. 
Consists of the Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, the Secretary 
of State, State Treasurer and State Auditor. 

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 
Consists of the Governor, Attorney-General and Superintendent of Public 
Instruction. 

NEBRASKA GAME AND FISH COMMISSION. 

John H. Mickey, Commissioner; Geo. B. Simpkins, chief deputy, Lincoln; 
W. J. O'Brien, superintendent of hatcheries. South Bend. 

State Oil Inspector— J. E. Hays. 

Deputy Oil Inspectors— Ed Church, J. L. Houston, F. Schneider. D. J. 
Johnson and R. Hannibal. 

State Board of Charities— John Davis, secretary. 

State Food Commission— C. Bassett, clerk. 



NEBRASKA STATE PENITENTIARY. LINCOLN. 

Appointed Salary 

Warden— A. D. Beemer February. 1903 $1,500 00 

Deputy Warden James D. Jones September 1, 1901 900 00 

Phvsician— Frank L. Wilmeth Februarv 15. 1901 900 00 

Chaplain— George W. Martin January 1, 1902 300 00 

Clerk— Ernest B. Fairfield June 1, 1901 840 00 

Steward — James Delahunty February 15, 1901 600 00 

NEBRASKA HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, ASYLUM. NEB. 

Appointed Salary 

Superintendent— James L. Greene, M. D February 1, 1901 $2,500 00 

1st Assistant Physician— Dr. J. T. Hay February 10, 1903 1,500 00 

2d Assistant Physician— Mabel Dunn.' February 10, 1903 1,200 00 

Pathologist— George A. Young February 10, 1903 1,200 00 

Steward— Albert D. Gilmore May 15, 1901 1,200 00 

Matron— Cora L. Damrow March 1,1901 600 00 

NEBPvASKA INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE-MINDED, BEATRICE. 

Appointed Salary 

Superintendent Dr. A. Johnson January 1, 1900 $2,000 00 

Matron— Emma Miller January 1, 1901 600 00 

SOLDIERS" AND SAILORS' HOME, MILFORD. 

Appointed Salary 

Commandant — Charles Penn Februarv 1, 1901 $ 900 00 

Matron— Laura Penn Februarv 1, 1901 400 00 

Physician— G. W. Brandon May 1, 1901 400 00 

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STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. KEARNFA'. 

Appointed Salary 

Superintendent -B. D. Havward April I, l!)0:5 $1,800 00 

Assistant Superintendent— H. D. Sehaff September 1, 1(102 1,000 00 

Physician— H. S. Bell February 1. 1901 (iOO 00 

Grade Managers: 

W. D. Cave February 15, 1901 800 00 

J. T. O. Stewart September 1, 1901 800 00 

I. B. Conner February 1, 1901 800 00 

C. O. Brown February 1. 1!)01 800 00 

NEBRASKA INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND. NEBRASKA CCTY. 

Appointed Salary 

Superintendent— J. T. Morey March 1, 1901 $1,800 00 

Matron— Annabel R. Morey March 1, 1901 400 00 

NEBRASKA SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS" HOME, GRAND ISLAND. 

Appointed Salary 

Commandant— A. V. Cole February 1. 1901 $1,500 00 

Adjutant— J. W. Bowen February 1, 1901 900 00 

Surgeon— H. L. Randall February 1, 1901 1,000 00 

NEBRASKA INDUSTRIAL HOME, MILFORD. 

Appointed Salary 

Superintendent— Margaret Kealy May 1, 1902 $ 800 00 

Physician— Dr. E. H. Saunders May 26, 1902 700 00 

Matron— Harriet Shoaf May 8, 1902 500 00 

GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL HOME. GENEVA. 

Appointed Salary 

Superintendent— Horace M. Clark February 1. 1901 $1,500 00 

Matron— Emma Van Cleave February 1. 1901 800 00 

HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS. LINCOLN. 

Appointed Salary 

Superintendent Mrs. Sarah B. Sohus January 28, 1901 $1,000 00 

Matron— Mrs. Wm. Faulkner January 28, 1901 600 00 

Physician- Dr. May L. Flanagan January 29, 1901 700 00 

ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE. HASTINGS. 

Assumed Duties Salary 

Superintendent— W. B. Kern, M. D February 1, 1901 $2,500 00 

1st Assistant Physician— W. L. Carlyle May 15, 1901 1,500 00 

2d Assistant Physician— Dr. Chapman May 15, 1901 1,200 00 

Steward— H. C. Haverly February 1, 1901 1,200 00 

INSTITUTE FOR DEAF AND DUMB. OMAHA. 

Appointed Salary 

Superintendent— R. E. Stewart February 1, 19(il $1,800 00 

Matron— Nora O. Johnson February 1, 1901 .... 720 00 

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JlLJI3ICIJ^FeY 

SUPREME COURT. 

John J. Sullivan Chief Justice Lee Herdman Clerk 

Silas A. Holcomb / inrl tp ■ W.F.Bryant Deputy Clerk 

Samuel H. Sedgwick \ .Juuj^es 

IM STRICT JUDGES. 
FIRST DISTRICT. 

C. B. Letton Fairbury J. S. Stull Auburn 

SECOND DISTRICT. 

Paul Jessen Nebraska City 

THIRD DISTRICT. 

A. J. Cornish Lincoln Lincoln B^rost Lincoln 

E. P. Holmes Lincoln 

FOURTH DISTRICT 

Geo. A. Day Omaha Charles T. Dickenson Tekamah 

Jacob Fawcett Omaha Guy R. C. Reed Omaha 

Lee S. Estelle Omaha Irving F. Baxter Omaha 

W. W. Slabaufifh Omaha 

FIFTH DISTRICT. 

B. F. Good Wahoo S. H. Sornborger Wahoo 

SIXTH DISTRICT. 

J. A. Grimison Schuyler C. Hollenbeck Fremont 

SEVENTH DISTRICT. 

G. W. Stubbs Su])erior 

EK^HTH DISTRICT. 

G.T.Graves Pender 

NINTH DISTRICT. 

J. F. Boyd Oakdale 

TENTH DISTRICT. 

E. L. Adams Minden 

ELEVENTH DISTRICT. 

James N. Paul St. Paul J. R. Thompson Grand Island 

TWELFTH DISTRICT. 

H. M. Sullivan Broken Bow 

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. 

H. M. Grimes North Platte 

fourte?:nth district. 
Richard Orr Mc( 'ook 

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. 

J. J. Harrington O'Neill W. H. Westover Rushville 

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Alden, Dr. J. M 2S 

Allen, A. B KiS 

Anderson, Charles fi'i 

Anderson, C. B '-^'-^ 

Anderson, F. E <n 

Anderson, Victor 'i'^ 

Anthes, George 177 

Atwood, S. S 'ii' 

Balx-ock. A. S 17^ 

Bacon, G. E 70 

Barnard, C. H W^ 

Bartoo, Dr. A. E 71 

Becher, D. A 72 

Beghtol, P. F :51 

Beldon, H. S ''.^ 

Brady, J. T :« 

Brown, Norris 17!> 

Brown, W. G -y-^ 

Burgess, H. C. M 74 

Burkett, E. J 22 

Burleigh, J. W 189 

Bryant, W. F 1H2 

Caldwell, G. G 187 

Galdwell, P. A 7n 

Gassel, Job W 76 

Ghristy, G. S 77 

Coats, W. N 78 

Coffey, C. J '-^^ 

Colby, General L. W 174 

Copsey, A. H 7i» 

Cox, J. M :^'"> 

Cravens, J. JNI 80 

Cropsey. D. B 81 

Culver, General J. H 171 

Cunningham, A. V 82 

Currie, Frank 8:5 



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Davis, J. 11 84 

Day, G. L ."ifi 

Dean, F. A -M 

Deles-Dernier. Wm 85 

Detrick, H. M 8B 

Dietrich, C. H 1!> 

Dobry, J. G 87 

Douglas, J. A 88 

Eaton, H. M 181 

Eggenberger. P 89 

Fellers, E. E 90 

Ferrar, H. S 91 

Fishback, G. C 92 

Follmer, Geo. D 18 

Ford, Harvey 93 

Forney, M. C 190 

Fowler, W. K 15 

Friedrich, M. L 94 

Fries, M. L :58 

Fries, S. M 95 

Gelwick, C. G 90 

Giffin, W. D. 39 

Gilbert, D. W 97 

Gishwiller. C. W 98 

Good. E. E 99 

Goulding. R. F 188 

Gregg, F. M 100 

Hall, Joseph 40 

Hall, M. A -tl 

Hanna, David 101 

Harmon, AV. J 102 

Harris. D. H 195 

Harrison. W. (i 103 

Harrison. W. H 27 

Hastings, L. S 43 

Hasty. D. S -t-t 

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Hathorn. Dr. J. E 104 

Hazlett, J. H lilS 

Hedge, J. C 4.") 

Herron, J. R 105 

Hinshaw. EH 23 

Hitchcock. G. M 22 

Hog-refe, W. H 100 

Holliet, J. G 107 

Howell, R. B 4() 

Hoy, C. H lOS 

Hunter. Charles lOSt 

Husted, C. C 170 

Jahnel. Frank 110 

Jennings, W. H 47 

Johnson, J. S Ill 

Jones, Cass 112 

Jones, R. W. W 11.3 

Jouvenat, Frank 114 

Junkin, Geo. C 115 

Kaveny, John 116 

Keim, A. R 1S5 

Kennedy, J. A. C 117 

Kerns, J. W 118 

Kinkaid. M. P 24 

Kittell, E. H 119 

Knox, Oscar. 120 

Koetter, F. W 121 

Loomis, G. L 122 

Lyon, John 104 

McAllister, G. C 124 

McBrien, J. L 178 

McCarthy, J. J 213 

McClay, J. H 125 

McCulioch, D. A 12(i 

McLain, John 127 

McGilton, E. G 11 

Mangold, Peter 128 

Manning, J . R ISS 

Marsh, G. W 13 

Marshall, ( 'hai-lcs 4S 

Memminger, T. F 120 

Mendenhall. J. E 130 

Meradith, Wm i:',l 

Melted ith, Dr. Geo. W 49 

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Mickey, E. S 169 

Mickey, Governor J. H 9 

Mikesell, S. P 132 

Millard, Joseph H 20 

Mockett, J. H. . Jr 64 

Morsman. E. M.. Jr 133 

Mortensen, Peter 15 

Musick. John R 134 

Nelson. N. M 135 

Nelson, W. T 1.36 

Norris, G. W 24 

Norris, C.I 50 

O'Neill, Richard 51 

Pemberton, L. M 52 

Perry, E. B 137 

Presson, Rev. J. H 184 

Prout, Frank N 17 

Kamsey, J. H 138 

Reed, C. C 139 

Reynolds. B. W 53 

Ribble, C. W 140 

Riggs, J. H 141 

Robbins, W. E 142 

Roberts. Joseph 143 

Rose, W. B 180 

Rouse, G. L 144 

Royse, E 175 

Russell, L. S 188 

Saddler, W. G 145 

Saunders, C. L 54 

Scott, Rev. Geo 191 

Sears, W. G 146 

Sheldon, G. L 55 

Shelly, T. C 147 

Schinstock, Chris 148 

Shipley, W 149 

Sloan. R. J 57 

Smith, H. V 150 

Spier, S. S 151 

Sjiurlock, Geo. M 152 

Startzer, Samuel 153 

Stetson, D. A 154 

Svveezy, F. A 155 



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Ten Eyck, W. B 15(3 

Thompson, W. T 157 

Thorpe, W. P 158 

Tooley, J. J 159 

Trask, I. N KU) 

Umstead, J. H 5<S 

Vlasak, J. J Kil 

Wall, Aaron 5i) 

Wall, John l!>2 

Wallace, John VM 



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Waring, E. M 162 

Warner, C.J Kili 

Warner, E. A 199 

Warner, W.P (iO 

Way, W. A (il 

Weboro-, C. J 1(54 

Weston, Charles 14 

Wheeler, Wm l<S(i 

Wilsey, A UMi 

Wilson. Dr. W. H I(i5 

Yount''. J. L (j2 



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Dedicatory 5 

House: 

Personnel of (V.i 

Standing' Committees of 202 

Officers and Employes of 20(1 

Judiciary: 

Supreme Court 212 

District Judges 212 

Members of Congress: 

Photographs of 21 

Directory of 209 

Publisher's Notice 7 

State Boards: 

Banking 209 

Bureau of Labor and Industries. .209 
Educational Lands and Funds. . . .209 

Escheats 209 

Equalization 209 

Purchases and Supplies 209 

Public Lands ahd Buildings 210 

Printing 210 

Health 210 

Fish Commission 210 

Irrigation 209 

Oil Insi^ection 210 



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State Officers: 

1901-2 Photographic Gi'oup of 160 

1903-4 Photographic Group of . . . 8 
Directory of 208 

State Institutions : 

Asylum for Chronic Insane 211 

Home for the Friendless 211 

Industrial Home 211 

Industrial School 211 

Girls' Industrial School 211 

Hospital for the Insane 210 

Institute for the Blind 211 

Institute for Feeble-Minded 210 

School for Deaf and Dumb 211 

Soldiers' and Sailors" Home. 

Grand Island 211 

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, 

Milford 210 

State Penitentiary 210 

State Senate: 

Personnel of 20 

Standing Committees 200 

Officers and Employes 204 



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